Connecticut Man Charged in White Plains Federal Court for Enticement of a Minor
U.S. Attorney’s Office December 02, 2009 |
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and THOMAS BELFIORE, the Commissioner of the Westchester County Department of Public Safety, announced that ALFRED DOTY, 54, of Monroe, Connecticut, was arrested yesterday on charges of enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity.
According to a Complaint filed yesterday in White Plains federal court:
From October 20, to December 1, 2009, DOTY had numerous instant message exchanges and telephone conversations with undercover law enforcement officers from the Westchester County Police Department posing as a 15-year-old girl. During the recorded telephone conversations and instant message exchanges, DOTY and the undercover law enforcement officers discussed meeting to engage in sexual activity. DOTY was arrested yesterday morning in Elmsford, New York, as he was driving to meet up with the undercover officer.
DOTY was presented in White Plains federal court before United States Magistrate Judge PAUL E. DAVISON yesterday afternoon. He was detained pending a hearing scheduled for today at 2:30 p.m. If convicted, DOTY faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life imprisonment.
Mr. BHARARA praised the efforts and assistance of the FBI and the Westchester County Department of Public Safety.
Assistant United States Attorney KATHRYN M. MARTIN is in charge of the prosecution.
The charges contained in the Complaint against the defendant are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.