United States v. Joshua Baeten

Joshua Baeten engaged in online correspondence with someone he believed to be an 11-year-old girl. During their conversations, Baeten told her he liked young girls, sent her pornographic images, and asked her “how much sexual experience” she had. Ultimately, Baeten mailed the girl a webcam with the expectation that he could watch as she and her 13-year-old sister “messed around.” As it turned out, there was no 11-year-old girl. Baeten had been communicating with an undercover agent posing as á minor. After Baeten mailed the webcam, it was seized by law enforcement, who then executed a search…