TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A man was found guilty Friday of texting someone he believed was a teenager during a Leon County sting operation last year, according to the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida State Attorney’s Office.
Gerald Mcbride was sentenced to 10 years in the Department of Corrections after a guilty verdict was returned for charges of soliciting a child for unlawful sexual conduct and use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony, the state attorney’s office said in a press release Monday.
His sentencing comes after being arrested during a sting operation called “Chat OP”, which prosecutors said was conducted by the Leon County Sheriff’s Office.
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Prosecutors said Mcbride believed he was texting a 16-year-old girl, but the person was actually an undercover detective.
During the conversation, Mcbride “asked the undercover detective if she would allow him to take her virginity multiple times after being told she was 16 years old,” according to prosecutors.
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