Credit: Miami County Jail
Credit: Miami County Jail
The Miami Valley Human Trafficking Task Force was conducting a March 28 sting operation. Smith drove to a house in Butler Twp. to meet who he thought was a 15-year-old girl for sex, but in reality he had been chatting online with an undercover sheriff’s deputy posing as the teen, said Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Greg Flannagan.
Smith was arrested again April 13 — 16 days after his arrest in the Butler Twp. sting — when he reportedly was caught with a 14-year-old girl in a Troy motel room when police were asked to check on the teen, according to a Troy Police Department report.
He pleaded guilty last month in Miami County Common Pleas Court to endangering children, illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. He is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday.
In Montgomery County, Smith faces up to one year in prison and five years of probation. As part of his plea, a felony charge of possession of criminal tools was dismissed.
Contributing writer Nancy Bowman assisted with this story.
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