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Wilkes-Barre Man Admits to Internet Enticement of Minor

U.S. Attorney’s Office October 05, 2010
  • Middle District of Pennsylvania (717) 221-4482

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 39-year-old Wilkes-Barre resident pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik to using the Internet to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual conduct.

According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, Corey Aiken admitted to committing the offense during October 2007, to June 2008.

The terms of the plea agreement state that the government and the defendant have agreed that the sentence imposed in the case should be 10 years in prison, to be followed by a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.

Aiken was indicted by a federal grand jury in June 2010, as a result of an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Luzerne and Lackawanna County Detectives, and the Sheriff’s Office in Berleley County, South Carolina.

U.S. Attorney Smith noted that this case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006, by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

U.S. Attorney Smith noted that the case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa.

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