Andrew Wirth, 33, of Ravenna, tried to arrange to have sex with children as young as 10 years old, federal prosecutors say.
Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com
Andrew Wirth, 33, pleaded guilty in federal court in December, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio. He was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge John Adams. In November 2019, while still on bond, Wirth again used an app to contact an underage victim with intent on having sex. Wirth and the victim later met, and Wirth provided gifts and meals to the victim in return for sexual acts as payment, prosecutors say.
Prosecutors say the adult victim went to police and an undercover officer assumed the victim’s online identity. The undercover officer later pretended to be a minor and began an online conversation with Wirth.
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