Henderson man who enticed girls for sex sentenced to prison

A 55-year-old Henderson antheral convicted of flying 2 runaway teenagers to Las Vegas, wherever helium had enactment with them, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years successful national prison, according to the Justice Department.

Robert Marcellus Jones Jr., who was sentenced Tuesday, had pleaded blameworthy successful 2019 to 1 number each of organisation of kid pornography, receipt of kid pornography, proscription of minors for prostitution oregon different amerciable intersexual activity, and coercion and enticement, officials said successful a statement.

Unsolicited, Jones began communicating with the 15-year-old New York City girls connected Facebook successful September 2018, according to a transgression complaint.

The chat was explicit from the start, and Jones began asking for pornographic images, the ailment said.

He promised the girls, who shared a Facebook account, a “weekly allowance” successful speech for “sexual attraction and nude photographs and videos,” according to the statement.

He bought them flights with his recognition paper connected Nov. 2, 2018, noting successful their tickets that they were 15, the ailment said. The teenage girls boarded a formation to Las Vegas that November. One of the girls yet called her parents, who bought her a formation back.

A fewer days aft Jones bought the tickets, a quality trafficking hotline received a extremity alerting authorities astir a antheral who was “enticing 3 victims implicit Facebook,” according to the statement.

Authorities went to Jones’ location connected Nov. 8, 2018, and recovered the 2nd miss there, the ailment said. Investigators recovered the explicit conversations and pictures of the girls successful his phone.

After he’s released from prison, Jones faces 15 years of probation, the connection said.

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