Richard Chin, Pioneer Press –
A 59-year-old Apple Valley man – caught trying to pay for sex with an 8-year-old girl – was given a four-month jail sentence Wednesday, May 2, in Ramsey County District Court.
Gary Wills Brown pleaded guilty to soliciting a child to engage in sexual conduct, admitting he planned to take a video of himself having sex with a girl at a hotel in St. Paul.
Brown’s efforts to arrange the sexual encounter led an informant to contact the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, who set up a sting operation that recorded phone conversations with Brown discussing a sex deal.
Brown said he agreed to pay $300 for sexual intercourse with an 8-year-old girl. He was to pay an additional $100 to video-record the encounter.
When he arrived at La Quinta Inn on Old Hudson Road on Aug. 29, he was carrying the money, a video camera, some candy and lubricating jelly. Instead of a girl, police were at the hotel waiting for Brown.
Brown’s 180-day jail sentence can be served in electronic-monitored home detention, work release or in a community service program if he is eligible for those options.
Judge Gary Bastian also gave Brown a 15-month prison sentence, to be stayed as long as he satisfies terms of a three-year probation. Among other things, he must register as a predatory offender, complete a treatment program, have no contact with people under 18 or vulnerable adults, possess no pornographic or sexually explicit material and have no access to the Internet without authorization
This sentence is a severe injustice. His 4 month jail sentence, probation term, and stayed prison sentence are all way too long. He should have received only a year of probation, without any jail time or suspended prison sentence.
This sentence is too harsh. The probation length is too long as is the stayed prison sentence.
Should have gotten like a year or less of probation and a stayed prison sentence of like 1 month.
He should have not received any jail time. He does not deserve it, especially since this is likely his first offense.
The 4 months is way too harsh for this type of crime.
A 9mm bullet costs less than a quarter.
as said in the past our judges & county attorneys make carrier criminals
Wow! I think people need to start putting the law in their own hands if this retarded judge gave him such a light sentence. He will probably offfend since he had a slap on the wrist. What a fu#@ing puke! I’m so disgusted by the behavior of this person and the judge for that matter! If I or other people ran into this individual I couldn’t guarantee that either his balls or hands would still be there
WOW, that is just wrong!!!! Hell is to good for him or a judge that would give such a light sentence…
Killing this POS would have been a better idea! These light sentances for child predators is bullshit!