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\nAuthorities say an Elizabethtown couple drove to Jefferson County Monday morning with plans to engage in sex with a minor with whom they had been communicating.<\/p>\n
\nAuthorities say an Elizabethtown couple drove to Jefferson County Monday morning with plans to engage in sex with a minor with whom they had been communicating.<\/p>\n
Instead of finding a minor, they found an undercover agent who portrayed a minor in online conversations.<\/p>\n
According to the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General, 43 year-old Robert Dean Mitchell and 30 year-old Stephanie Smith were arrested in Louisville. According to the news release, a 3-year-old and 6-year-old were with the couple when the arrest was made.<\/p>\n
Each was charged with one count of prohibited use of an electronic communication system for the purpose of procuring a minor for a sex offense, a Class D felony punishable by one to five years in prison, if convicted.<\/p>\n
Mitchell and Smith also are charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance \u2014 methamphetamine, a Class D felony. Mitchell was charged with possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor, and Smith with possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n
The undercover operation was part of Attorney General Andy Beshear\u2019s Cyber Crimes Unit.<\/p>\n
The Secret Service assisted in the arrests.<\/p>\n
Mitchell and Smith are scheduled to appear in Jefferson District Court. They are being held in the Jefferson County Detention Center.
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