Tyler Douglas Asker, Attempted Sexually Entice Minor, Idaho 2023

Caldwell Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Attempting to Sexually Entice a Minor

A 33-year-old Caldwell man has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for attempting to use interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor.

Tyler Douglas Asker was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill on the charge of attempted use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor, which involved the defendant using the internet to entice a minor into sexual activity.

According to court records, between August 3, 2023, and August 18, 2023, Asker communicated online with an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old girl. During the communications, Asker sent the purported child an explicit video and discussed engaging the child in sexual acts. Asker requested the child’s address and was arrested after he traveled to meet the child.

Asker will be required to register as a sex offender as a result of the conviction. He was also sentenced to ten years of supervised release.

The investigation was part of “Operation Summertime Blues,” a joint local, state, and federal undercover operation conducted in Boise in August 2023 to identify individuals predisposed to meet minors for sexual contact. Participating agencies included the Boise Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, the Meridian Police Department, the Garden City Police Department, and the Ada County Sheriff’s Office.

Asker is the last of three defendants charged in federal court as a result of Operation Summertime Blues. Earlier this year, Shawn Edwin Long, 42, of Kuna, and Daniel DeLong, 44, of Ontario, were both sentenced by Judge Winmill to 60 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for attempted use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor.

U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit praised the agencies involved in the operation, saying, “The proactive and collaborative approach used to catch these would-be predators is essential to protecting Idaho’s children. We will continue to pursue anyone seeking to sexually exploit minors through online communications.”

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-id/pr/caldwell-man-sentenced-5-years-federal-prison-attempting-sexually-entice-minor