Child Sex Offender Planned Facebook Meetup In Bel Air: USDA

BEL AIR, MD - A convicted child sex offender was sentenced this week to a decade in prison for using a computer to try to coerce a minor in Harford County into having sex with him, officials said.

William Ray Wagner, 34, chatted on Facebook with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl living with her parents, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland reported. He initiated graphic sexual conversations over the computer and tried to meet with the girl in person, according to his plea agreement.

After arranging to rendezvous and walk to a trail for sex, he showed up to the agreed-upon Bel Air restaurant with two condoms and a blanket, officials said, at which point he was arrested.

The "girl" he had planned to meet on Oct. 13, 2014, ended up being a Harford County detective, according to the U.S. Attorney.

During his sentencing this week, Wagner was ordered to serve 10 years in prison and supervised release for life for using the internet to coerce a minor for sex.

It was his second conviction for sex offenses involving juveniles. In 2009, Wagner had been convicted of unlawful contact with a minor; after he failed to register as a sex offender in Maryland in April 2014, officials said he was arrested.

Wagner must register as a sex offender where he lives, works and studies, according to his plea agreement, in addition to being on probation for life.

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