Stone Mountain Man Jailed After Arranging Sex With A Minor

ATLANTA -- Mewael Berhane, who communicated on the Internet to arrange to meet a minor girl for sex, has been sentenced to federal prison for enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. Prosecutors said Berhane, in October 2017, posted an ad on Craigslist that was titled “Very Taboo-something different.” In the ad, he expressed his interest in finding mothers and daughters who wanted to have sex with the same man.

An agent with the FBI responded, posing as the “mother” of an 11-year-old girl. The “mother” wrote that she was looking for someone to teach her 11-year-old daughter how to be with a man sexually. Berhane told her that he would “definitely be up for that.”

Berhane continued communicating with the girl’s “mother” on the cell phone app “Kik messenger” and graphically described the sex acts in which he planned to engage. Berhane asked the mother to send him photos of her daughter on several occasions, and even sent her a photo of himself.

On November 7, 2017, Berhane made arrangements to meet the mother and the girl for the purpose of having sex with the child. That same day, the defendant drove from his office in Decatur to Duluth, Georgia, in rush hour traffic to meet the girl. He was arrested when he arrived at the pre-arranged location.

Berhane, 40, has been sentenced to ten years in prison, to be followed by ten years of supervised release. He will also be required to register as a sex offender when he is released from prison. Berhane was convicted on these charges on October 22, 2018, after he pleaded guilty.

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