Russell Crosland (1962 – ) was a Mormon church member in Fillmore, Utah; tried meeting with a person he thought was a 13-year-old child that he chatted with online for sex; it was an undercover agent; he was arrested.

Russell George Crosland was a mormon in Fillmore, Utah. Crosland chatted with a person online, which he thought was a 13 year old girl. He spoke very suggestively to her and tried meeting up with her in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was arrested as part of a sting operation and had been chatting with an under cover agent instead. And admitted he stopped at a gas station to pick up condoms which he planned to use to have sex with his victim.

Crosland was sentenced to 48 months of supervised probation. And is a registered sex offender.

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OFFENSES

Description : 76-4-401 – ENTICING A MINOR/2ND DEGREE FELONY
Date Convicted : 02/01/2024
Conviction State : Utah
Statute : 76-4-401
Details : ENTICE A MINOR BY INTERNET OR TEXT – 2nd Degree Felony

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Sources

  1. Fillmore man gets probation in sex sting, Millard County Chronicle Progress, February 14, 2024.
  2. Fillmore man snared in FBI child sex sting , Millard County Chronicle Progress, March 15, 2023.
  3. Offender Profile Russell George Crosland, Offender Radar, May 2, 2024.
  4. Russell George Crosland, Utah Department of Corrections, July 28, 2026.

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