Las Vegas man sentenced in child sexual abuse case
A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for offenses involving the transportation of a 1-year-old child for the purpose of sexual abuse.
According to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in North Dakota, Bryan James Hogle, 43, was sentenced on Friday for conspiracy to transport a minor, and coercion and enticement.
He also was ordered to pay $12,640 in restitution and $200 in special assessments to the Crime Victims Fund. Hogle was convicted for sexually abusing a child in New Hampshire in 2008, authorities said.
The recent case was reported to law enforcement after an undercover Metropolitan Police Department officer affiliated with the Washington, D.C.-based FBI Child Exploitation Task Force communicated with Dustin W. Kewley of Fargo, North Dakota.
Forensic examination of Kewley’s computer and cellphone determined Hogle and Kewley discussed in “horrific” detail their plan to meet and sexually abuse the child, authorities said.
Authorities said Kewley transported the child on May 22, 2017, from Fargo to nearby Moorhead, Minnesota, where he and Hogle met at a hotel and sexually abused the child.
Kewley was sentenced on Jan. 8 to 35 years in prison followed by lifetime supervision for conspiracy to transport a minor, transportation of a minor, distribution of materials containing child pornography and possession of materials containing child pornography.
The case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse.
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