A Nebraska man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison after entering a guilty plea on charges that he traveled to Utah to have sex with a child.
Dusty Junior Goodspeed, 58, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was charged with attempted coercion and enticement and travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.
According to court documents and statements made at the change of plea hearing, Goodspeed, traveled from Nebraska to Salt Lake City International Airport in December 2022 to engage in sex acts with someone he believed was a 13-year-old boy.
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Goodspeed had been communicating with an undercover agent, who posed as a 13-year-old boy, and was arrested by law enforcement at baggage claim. Goodspeed admitted that in September 2022, he used Facebook Messenger to contact someone he believed was a 13-year-old.
That same month, he began texting the undercover agent, who was posing as a minor, messages that were sexual. Goodspeed continued communicating with the undercover agent until he landed at the airport in Salt Lake City.
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Goodspeed admitted to law enforcement he intended to spend the weekend with a 13-year-old and have sex with him. In addition to his sentence of imprisonment, Goodspeed was ordered to supervised release for life.
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