A Fresno man was sentenced to a decade and a half in prison for attempted coercion of a minor and enticement of a different minor.
Christopher Contreras, 30, will spend 15 years and nine months in prison and 20 years of supervised release.
Driving the news: Court documents state that Contreras used Skout and Snapchat and text messages to engage in sexually explicit communications for about a week with someone who he believed to be a 13-year-old female.
- Contreras traveled to a location in Fresno on July 31, 2020, to meet with the minor for sexual activity, but he was actually communicating with undercover law enforcement investigators.
- He was arrested and booked into the Fresno County Jail and released on bail.
- Law enforcement officers then responded to a call about a missing juvenile on Oct. 13, 2020.
- Officers found that Contreras picked the juvenile up at a location in Fresno after talking through the Meet Me application.
- He was arrested for numerous felony violations of California law and once again booked into the Fresno County Jail.
- Contreras was later charged federally in the case and has been in federal custody since June 2021.
What we’re watching: During the 20 years of supervised release that Contreras faces, his access to minors, computers and the internet will be restricted.
- Contreras was also ordered to register as a sex offender.
