Teacher faces life in prison after being charged with luring 11-year-old girl online for sex

On February 20, a Louisiana teacher pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to child enticement related offenses.  Logan Procell, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor and one count of transfer of obscene material to a minor.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Procell first contacted an 11-year-old Massachusetts girl via Snapchat after seeing her on a different online application that allows users to publish videos in real time. After obtaining her phone number, Procell began communicating with her by text. The child’s parent discovered approximately one month’s worth of their communications in September 2017.

The exchange of more than 1600 messages contained sexually explicit images and messages sent by Procell to the child, including pictures of his penis, requests for her to send him pornographic images of herself, and discussions about meeting her to have sex.

At the time of the offense, Procell was a chemistry teacher at a high school in Noble, Louisiana.

The charge of coercion and enticement of a minor carries a minimum sentence of 10 years and up to life in prison, at least five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. The charge of transfer of obscene material to a minor provides for a sentence of no greater than 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000.

Procell’s sentencing is scheduled for June 3, 2019. He was indicted in October 2017 and has been behind bars since.

(Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office / District of Massachusetts)

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