BENTON, Ill. (WJPF) – An area man has been convicted in federal court of traveling to entice a minor into sexual activity.
Prosecutors say in July of 2020, 38-year-old Aimen Garro responded to an online dating profile. The profile was being monitored by the FBI, but Garro believed he was talking to a 15-year-old girl. Proscutors say Garro asked an undercover agent for nude photographs, used sexually explicit language, and eventually arranged a meeting. In August of 2020, Aimen Garro traveled from his home in DeSoto to Marion expecting a sexual encounter with an underage girl. Instead, he was arrested.
Aimen Garro will be sentenced in May.
