Senior Sentenced to Prison for Attempting to Solicit a Minor for Sex Via the Internet 

(Corpus Christi, TX) – August 30, 2010 - George Ivar Musick, 73, known by the screen name “seniorloverman,” has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison without parole for using the Internet in an attempt to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced.

Musick, of Harker Heights, Texas, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Hayden Head to the 10-year and one-month prison sentence and further ordered Musick register as a sex offender.

In federal custody without bond since his March 2010 arrest following the filing of a federal criminal complaint, Musick will remain in custody pending transfer to a Bureau of Prisons facility to be designated in the near future where he will serve out his sentence.

Upon release, the court has ordered Musick serve a 10-year term of supervised release under conditions designed to protect children and limit his Internet access.

A jury’s guilty verdict convicted Musick in June 2010 following a two-day trial. Evidence at trial proved that Musick began chatting via the Internet while using the AOL (America Online) screen name “seniorloverman” in an online chat room dedicated to adults who are interested in engaging in sexual activities with minors. While in this chat room, Musick unknowingly encountered an undercover Corpus Christi Police Department (CCPD) detective posing as the 41-year-old mother of two daughters, ages 12 and 13.

During online chats and e-mails with the undercover detective, beginning Feb. 9, 2010, and continuing through Feb. 26, 2010, Musick described in explicit detail his desire to engage in sexual acts with the 13-year-old daughter.

Musick also expressed his willingness to travel to Corpus Christi to engage in these sexual acts with the child. Jurors also heard that Musick had engaged in similar chats with the undercover detective’s 13-year-old child persona. During numerous chats with the 13-year-old, Musick described the sexual acts he intended to perform on the child and said the activities needed to remain a secret from everyone else.

On Feb. 26, 2010, Musick traveled from Harker Heights, Texas, near Waco to Corpus Christi, with the intention of engaging in sexual activity with the 13-year-old child. Instead, he was met by CCPD and arrested.

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