Crime & Safety
Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Solicitation of Minor
The 32-year-old Columbia resident admitted to trying to meet a 13-year-old girl online for sex, according to Howard County officials.
A Columbia man pleaded guilty to sexual solicitation of a minor Thursday morning in Howard County Circuit Court.
Ryan Lee Parham, 32, of the 10000 block of Swansfield Road, arranged online to meet up with someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl, according to the Howard County State's Attorney's Office.
While chatting via Craigslist to an undercover officer posing as a minor, Parham allegedly expressed a desire to meet and engage in sexual activity with the minor, the state's attorney reported.
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Parham was arrested May 24 when he drove to a Walgreen’s in Columbia thinking he would be rendezvousing with a 13-year-old girl and found police instead, officials said.
Howard County Circuit Court Judge William V. Tucker set sentencing for Feb. 21, 2017.
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Photo of sexual solicitation suspect Ryan Parham of Columbia, courtesy of Maryland State Police.
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