Crime & Safety

Man Who Sought Child For Prostitution In Burlington Co. Gets Sentenced

Louis Goldenberg expected to meet the victim at a hotel. But that's where he got arrested after speaking to an undercover agent.

CAMDEN, NJ — A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for arranging to rape a child in a Burlington County hotel.

In 2023, Louis Goldenberg began chatting online with an undercover officer who posed as a woman with a 12-year-old niece. Goldenberg, 41, of Philadelphia, repeatedly expressed interest in having sex with the child and arranged to do so at a hotel in Mount Laurel.

Police arrested him when he arrived.

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Goldenberg pleaded guilty in September to attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in prostitution.

After the prison term, Goldenberg will undergo five years of supervised release. He also must register as a sex offender.

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