PANAMA CITY -- An Alabama man was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years and six months in federal prison for setting up a liaison with someone he thought was 13 years old, but actually an undercover officer
Jeffrey Monroe Roy, 48, of Mobile, Ala., was sentenced for using the Internet in an attempt to persuade, induce, and entice a minor to engage in sexual activity and traveling across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity with a minor, according to federal prosecutors.
Evidence presented during trial proved that on June 13, 2012, law enforcement officers, acting in an undercover capacity, posted an advertisement on Craigslist posing as a 13-year-old female. Roy responded to the posting, and over the next three days, he engaged in email chats and telephone calls that were sexual in nature with a person he believed to be a 13-year-old female named Jaz.
After making arrangements to meet Jaz, Roy drove from Mobile on June 16, 2012, to meet with her at a predetermined location, where he was arrested and found to be in possession of Viagra, condoms, a camera, a knife, handcuffs, a first aid kit and a deck of 52 sex-position cards.
Roy also was sentenced to a lifetime term of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $200 fine.