Man sentenced for sexually exploiting 13-year-old girl
( 2003-09-27 16:15) (Agencies)
A man who chatted online with
a 13-year-old girl about bondage sex and her wish to run away was sentenced to
19 years in prison Friday for taking the girl home with him and sexually
exploiting her.
The defense argued that Scott William Tyree deserved a lesser sentence
because the girl said she had bondage fantasies in an Internet chat. The judge
rejected the request and said Tyree should get counseling in prison.
Tyree, 41, pleaded guilty in March to taking the girl across state lines for
illegal sex and sexually exploiting a minor.
Assistant US Attorney Stephen Kaufman said Tyree was looking for vulnerable
girls and took advantage of the victim no matter what she said. ``This girl was
13 years old _ she can't consent to anything,'' the prosecutor said.
Tyree, who lives in the state of Virginia, drove to Pennsylvania on New
Year's Day 2002 and took the girl home with him. The FBI found her three days
later, still restrained, after another man told authorities Tyree had sent him a
picture of a teenage sex slave who looked like the missing
girl.
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