Zachary Scott Murray, Attempted Enticement of a Minor, South Dakota 2022

Brookings Man Charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor

A Brookings, South Dakota man has been charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet.

According to the United States Attorney, Dennis R. Holmes, Zachary Scott Murray, a 35-year-old man from Brookings, was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 5, 2022, for the crime.

Murray appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on April 15, 2022, and pled not guilty to the Indictment.

The mandatory minimum penalty upon conviction is 10 years and a maximum of life in federal prison and/or a $250,000 fine, five years minimum of supervised release, up to life, and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Restitution may also be ordered.

The Indictment alleges that on or about March 6, 2022, Murray attempted to use a cell phone to knowingly persuade, induce, entice, and coerce an undercover agent posing as a 14-year-old female, to engage in sexual activity.

The charge is merely an accusation and Murray is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

Murray was released on bond pending trial which has been set for August 9, 2022.

The investigation is being conducted by Homeland Security Investigations, with the assistance of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, Sioux Falls Police Department, Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office, South Dakota Highway Patrol, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey C. Clapper is prosecuting the case.

MORE FEDERAL CRIME NEWS

Sex Crimes

Jason Gibson, Child Exploitation, Connecticut 2025

Jan 13, 2026

Sex Crimes

Rahim McIntyre, Sex Trafficking of a Minor, Pennsylvania 2024

Dec 15, 2014

Sex Crimes

Michael Jabaar Wilkins, Sex Trafficking, Washington 2021

Apr 5, 2023

Sex Crimes

Zachary R. Wheeler, Child Pornography Production, Illinois 2014

Dec 19, 2016