Seattle – A 73-year-old man from Tucson, Arizona has been sentenced to four years in prison by the U.S. District Court in Seattle for traveling with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor. The announcement was made by Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller.
Steven J. Migdon was arrested in August 2024 after an online investigation conducted by Seattle Police and the FBI. During this investigation, an undercover agent posed as a 13-year-old boy. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Jamal N. Whitehead commented on Migdon's previous crime-free life but emphasized the seriousness of his actions over ten days, stating, “Today we are here to confront the ugliness of what you did over ten days."
In July 2024, Migdon responded to an undercover agent posing as a teenager on a chatroom platform and engaged in sexually explicit communication. He sent images of himself and requested explicit images from the supposed teen.
Migdon traveled from Tucson to Everett, Washington on August 5th with plans to meet the fictitious teen at a hotel room but was arrested instead. His phone contained evidence of sending explicit images to other minors and possessing child sexual abuse material.
Assistant United States Attorney Cecelia Gregson advocated for a four-year sentence and ten years of supervised release due to Migdon's actions over ten days leading up to his travel for illicit purposes.
Migdon is required to pay $3,000 in restitution for victims associated with child sex abuse images he possessed and will be under supervised release for ten years post-prison term while registering as a sex offender.
The case was part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse nationwide.
