Highlands Ranch Man Sentenced To 19 Years For Enticing A Minor

LINCOLN, NE — A Highlands Ranch man was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the enticement of a minor and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, the Nebraska U.S. Attorney's Office announced Jan. 27.

Nathan Lee Kempter, 33, met a 14-year-old Nebraska girl on the Reddit website July 23, 2019, and convinced her to come to Colorado, prosecutors said.

The girl went missing Aug. 2 and an investigation revealed she called a Colorado phone number. She was also seen getting into a red SUV that belonged to Kempter, prosecutors said.

Douglas County deputies stopped Kempter outside his Highlands Ranch home the same day and the girl was found in his SUV, the Nebraska U.S. Attorney's Office said.

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The girl said she met Kempter in a Reddit chat room for teen runaways and they also messaged each other on Tumblr. During their conversations, Kempter made it known that he wanted to have sex with the girl, prosecutors said.

After he picked the girl up at her home in Nebraska, he told her to hide herself in his car and he stopped to buy her new clothes, the attorney's office said.

After Kempter is released from prison, he will begin a 12-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.