A Connecticut man has been convicted of traveling to Massachusetts with the intention of having sex with what he thought was a 15-year-old girl, but was actually a federal agent.
Paul Hinkel, of Chester, Connecticut, was convicted Tuesday in federal court in Boston of using the Internet to lure a minor to engage in sex.
Prosecutors say the 57-year-old Hinkel drove to Watertown last March in response to a Craigslist ad in which a woman sought a man who might be interested in a relationship with her daughter. The ad was actually placed by Homeland Security agents.
Agents say Hinkel brought a bag containing a stuffed animal, sexual paraphernalia and cologne with him.
He faces a minimum of 10 years and up to life in prison at sentencing in May.
Man Convicted of Driving to Mass. For Sex With Girl
Paul Hinkel, of Chester, Connecticut, was convicted Tuesday in federal court in Boston of using the Internet to lure a minor to engage in sex
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