A Western State Colorado University professor was recently arrested for Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child and Internet Luring of a Child. According to the news report, the professor had contacted a female, who he thought to be under the age of fifteen. Instead, he was communicating online with an undercover investigator. The online communication allegedly included sexually explicit texts, chats, phone conversations, and web cam interactions. The professor is said to have repeatedly requested the ‘girl’ perform sexual acts and ‘sneak out’ to meet up with him. He is now facing multiple counts Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child and Internet Luring of a Child. His bond was set at $20,000.
Larimer County Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child Attorney | What is the Definition and Punishment?
The Colorado law definition of Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child – C.R.S. 18-3-405.4 – is:
(a) Expose or touch the person’s own or another person’s intimate parts while communicating with the actor via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message; or
(b) Observe the actor’s intimate parts via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message.
While the exact details of the interactions between the professor and the undercover cop, the professor must have asked the ‘girl’ to either expose or touch her own intimate parts or he exposed himself to her over text, chats, phone calls or the web cam. As a class 4 felony in Larimer, Boulder, and Grand County, Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child is punishable by 2 to 6 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and up to $500,000 in fines. The best Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child lawyers can impact what the judge actually gives as a sentence by getting their clients into sex offender treatment and having a positive evaluation completed.
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Fort Collins Internet Luring of a Child Attorney | What is the Definition and Punishment?
The Colorado law definition of Internet Luring of a Child – C.R.S. 18-3-306 – is:
Because the professor’s conversation with the ‘girl’ contained sexually explicit material and he asked the girl to sneak out and meet up with him, he is facing the Internet Luring of a Child charge. Internet Luring of a Child can be charged as a class 5 or class 4 felony depending on the meeting’s intent. If the intent to meet is for the purpose of engaging in sexual exploitation or sexual contact, then it is charged as a class 4 felony. If this intent is not present, it is a class 5 felony. Though it was not disclosed in the news article, the nature of the professor’s conversation with the ‘girl’ could show intent for sexual contact at the meeting.