OCALA, Fla. — A man has pleaded guilty to the attempted enticement of a minor to commit sexual acts.
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According to court documents, the man, Alberto Christian Quiroz, was an employee of a care agency contracted with the Florida Department of Children and Families.
On July 26-27, 2024, Quiroz had used an online messaging system to communicate with whom he believed to be a 14-year-old girl, but in fact was an undercover detective. Quiroz had arranged to meet with the detective at a restaurant in Ocala, where agents arrived and arrested him on the scene.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. Click HERE to learn more about the project.
Quiroz faces a minimum sentence of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison.
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