Smith County Man Sentenced for Child Enticement Violations
Posted/updated on: January 11, 2013 at 3:13 pm
TYLER – A 23-year-old Whitehouse man has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for child enticement violations. Oscar Vela pleaded guilty on June 11, 2012, to online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Vela was sentenced Wednesday in Tyler by U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis. According to information presented in court, Vela communicated with law enforcement agents who were acting in an undercover capacity. The law enforcement agents represented that they were a minor female who was available for sexual activity for a price. Vela agreed to pay for sex with the minor female and was apprehended by law enforcement. As a result of this conviction, Vela will be required to register as a sex offender following his imprisonment.
