PANAMA CITY -- A 48-year-old man who brought Viagra, handcuffs, a knife and a first aid kit from Mobile to Bay County to have sex with someone he thought was a 13-year-old he met online faces up to life in prison after he was convicted in U.S. District Court, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Jeffery Roy was found guilty after a two-day trial of using the Internet to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity and travelling to meet a minor for sex. He faces a minimum of 10 years when he is sentenced in November.
Roy was one of a dozen men arrested last year in a multi-agency sting operation called Operation Riptide, in which law enforcement officers posed as children in order to lure potential predators.