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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- An Idaho man who traveled to Utah to meet a 13-year-old girl -- actually an undercover officer -- he met on the Internet has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison.
U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball on Wednesday also ordered Mark Turner, 47, to be on supervised release for five years following his prison sentence.
Turner of Twin Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty to two counts of using an interstate facility to transmit information about a minor for the purpose of enticement.
The office of the U.S. attorney for Utah says Turner admitted that between August and October 2006 he talked online with the undercover agent and suggested they meet to engage in sexual activity.
Turner was arrested in 2006 after he traveled to Utah to meet the girl.
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