VIRGINIA — A Stafford, Virginia, man was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for attempting to coerce an individual to engage in unlawful sexual activity.
Ricardo Cordero Torres, 43, pleaded guilty on Oct. 28, 2015, and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton of the Eastern District of Virginia. Torres will be required to register as a sex offender.
According to the plea agreement, in May 2015, Torres, a Defense Security Service employee, responded to a Craigslist ad posted by an undercover agent posing as a 13-year-old girl living on Marine Corps Base Quantico. In June 2015, he communicated with her through online chat and e-mail, discussed sex with her and sent her a sexually explicit picture of himself.
On June 18, 2015, they planned to meet at a specific location on base, the defendant left his place of employment and was arrested shortly before arriving at the predetermined location.
