New Jersey Man Admits to Attempted Internet Enticement of Minor

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 41-year-old Mount Laurel, New Jersey resident pleaded guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo to using the Internet to attempt to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual conduct.

According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, Randall Reddig admitted to committing the offense during November 2007, to July 2009.

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. Judge Caputo scheduled sentencing for February 3, 2011.

Reddig was indicted by a federal grand jury in July 2009, as a result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Scranton Police, and the Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office.

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.