JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jeremy Wayne Leggett, a registered sex offender, was sentenced to 17 years and 6 months after pleading guilty earlier this year.
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He was arrested back in June 2023 when he showed up at a local shopping center to meet who he thought was a 13-year-old girl.
Turns out, the “child” was actually an undercover FBI agent. Investigators say Leggett used a social media app under the name “dAddi” and sent explicit photos while trying to arrange the meeting.
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Leggett had already been convicted in 2020 for similar crimes involving a minor, which made him a registered sex offender.
When officers tried to stop him at the meeting spot, he took off, but was caught later at a home in Jacksonville.
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