Virginia man convicted a second time for online solicitation
April 22, 2021 GMT
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man pleaded guilty and was convicted for a second time on Thursday of sending sexually explicit messages to a child.
Darren Wayne Penrose, 59, of Floyd, was in the circuit courts of his home county and Montgomery County after propositioning a 13-year-old girl he’d met online who turned out to be an undercover adult police officer, The Roanoke Times reported.
In September, Penrose was found guilty in Floyd County of using an computer to solicit a minor and of proposing a sexual act with someone younger than 15. At a Tuesday hearing, he was sentenced to serve five years in prison, with another 10 years suspended, for the Floyd County charges.