Chief Judge Debra Brown imposed over 27 years in prison and supervised release for five years. Chavez-Heras will be required to register as a sex offender after his release from prison. He will also have to pay restitution to the minor victim.

“This sentence is a message to anyone who would think about traveling to the Northern District of Mississippi to prey on children – you will go to prison for a very long time,” said U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner. “The case began with a concerned parent making a report to the Pontotoc P.D. about and unknown person contacting a child on social media, and Deputy Chief Nathan Gregory led an investigation that began with just a social media handle and a vehicle description that he tracked to the out of state defendant and then asked for assistance from HSI…t

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