Pennsylvania man sentenced for soliciting 14-year-old girl for sex

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A person from Pennsylvania was sentenced Wednesday to greater than seven years in jail for soliciting a 14-year-old woman in Clay County, West Virginia, for sexual exercise.

James Russell Loar, Jr., 40, of Washington, Pennsylvania, obtained a sentence of seven years and three months, adopted by 15 years of supervised launch, the U.S. Division of Justice mentioned. Loar additionally should register as a intercourse offender.

Investigators say Loar traveled from his house to Clay County to have intercourse with the 14-year-old sufferer. He had been speaking with the woman for almost a yr by social media. After the woman’s mother and father suggested Loar of her age, he continued speaking together with her.

In response to the information launch, the woman’s mom found her in a truck with Loar and intervened. Investigators say after Loar was arrested, he continued corresponding with the woman together with sending a pornographic image.

West Virginia State Police and the FBI are amongst companies that investigated the case.

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