WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
ROANOKE, Va. - An Alabama man, who coerced a 13-year-old Danville, Virginia, girl to send him sexually explicit images and video, was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison.
Kenneth Melvin Doss, 34, of Huntsville, Alabama, pled guilty recently to one count of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.
"The sentence in this case should send a clear and unmistakable warning: online predators who seek to exploit children in the Western District of Virginia will be targeted for priority prosecution by this office," said First Assistant United States Attorney Robert N. Tracci. "I commend the...