United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on November 7, 2016, William H. Rich, 47, of Stromsburg, Nebraska, was sentenced for the crime of Using a Facility and Means of Interstate Commerce to Attempt to Persuade, Induce, and Entice a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, Chief United States District Court Judge, sentenced Rich to a 168-month term of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Rich will begin a term of supervised release of 10 years.
In December, 2015, law enforcement, acting in an undercover capacity, received text communications from Rich in which he solicited a minor girl for sexual activity. Rich was subsequently arrested after traveling from Stromsburg, Nebraska to a hotel in La Vista, Nebraska, to drop off a phone for whom he believed to be the minor girl.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and La Vista Police Department.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
