Prison Awaits Man Convicted of Traveling for Sex
Posted By Phoenix Criminal Defense Lawyer on Jan 28, 2010 5:25pm PST
A sex tourism case has reached its conclusion with the defendant being sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison.
Charles A. Soderman of Marathon, Florida was arrested in Yuma after detectives uncovered evidence that he was planning to fly to Mexico to engage in illicit sexual activities. During the trial, prosecutors revealed evidence that showed Soderman flew from Florida to Arizona and then traveled to the Mexican border with the intent to have sex with a boy as young as 6.
Soderman's arrest was part of the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement's undercover operation to stop sex tourism into Mexico.
In addition to the prison sentence, the Phoenix judge presiding over the case also ordered Soderman to register as a sex offender once he's released from prison. Soderman was also ordered to a lifetime of supervised release.
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