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Ex-Canadian policeman admits guilt in PA sex sting
Thought he was meeting a 14 year-old girl
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Ex-Canadian policeman admits guilt in PA sex sting
Thought he was meeting a 14 year-old girl
by Tribune-Review
November 4, 2010
A former Canadian police officer has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he drove more than 500 miles to Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, with the intention of having sex with a person he believed was a 14-year-old girl.
Paul Maher, 59, of Richmond, Ontario, pleaded guilty last week to traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and coercion and enticement.
Maher, who served as an Ottawa police officer from 1974-88, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $500,000 fine, U.S. Attorney David Hickton said last week.
Federal prosecutors said Maher was communicating online with an undercover officer from the Mt. Pleasant police department whom he thought was a 14-year-old girl. |
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Authorities arrested Maher in New York in June 2008 after he made the trip to Mt. Pleasant, but didn't follow through with an arranged meeting, prosecutors said.
For his Pennsylvania trip, Maher described an intention to bring a web camera to the supposed minor so he could take sexually explicit photos of her, according to authorities.
U.S. District Judge Terrence F. McVerry scheduled the sentencing for Feb. 25. |
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