Muscatine man sentenced for attempt to entice minor
A Muscatine man has been sentenced to over 17 years in prison in connection with attempting to entice a minor in 2022.
Paul Kyle Quigley, 41, a registered sex offender, was in a Facebook conversation with an undercover officer posing as a 15-year-old girl in December 2022, according to public court documents. After he learned the victim’s age, Quigley replied with requests for sex acts. After multiple days of continued conversations that were graphicly sexual in nature, Quigley planned to try to meet and flee the state with the 15-year-old girl with the intent to engage in sexual activity. Quigley was arrested on February 22, 2023 in Burlington, just before his semi-truck arrived at the established meeting place, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
He was sentenced on Monday, April 22 to 210 months in federal prison. After completing his term of imprisonment, Quigley must serve 15 years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa and the Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office made the announcement.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. Project Safe Childhood is led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and uses federal, state and local resources to locate, apprehend and prosecute those who exploit children online and identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, click here. For information about internet safety education, click here and click on the resources tab.
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