Man 'Looking for Fun' with Youths on Craigslist Faces Prison Time
A 27-year-old Stow man could face up to 2.5 years in prison for meeting what he thought was going to be a 14-year-old girl with a condom.
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Trevor Wozniak, 27, of Stow will be sentenced in Cuyahoga County Court May 1 for pleading guilty to attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and possessing criminal tools after going to meet a fictitious young girl with a condom.
On Aug. 15, Wozniak posted an advertisement indicating "he was looking for fun" and that he did not discriminate against "age, race, or size," according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office.
That same day in August, an investigator with the prosecutor's office and the Ohio ICAC Task Force responded to Wozniak's Craigslist advertisement posing as a 14-year-old female, according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office.
After several emails, Wozniak made arrangements to meet the made up 14-year-old female for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity, the prosecutor's office said.
Wozniak was arrested at the meet location with a condom in his back pocket.
On April 2, Wozniak pleaded guilty to one count of attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and one count of possessing criminal tools.
He faces a maximum of 2.5 years in prison and will be classified as a Tier II sex offender.
Stow Resident
12:50 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Your name is lala? I thought we had to use our real names on Patch?
Debbie S.
1:45 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
We do, according to Patch's TOS, but Patch only enforces that rule retroactively. So click the "flag as inappropriate" button anytime you see someone with an obviously faked name and Patch investigates, asks them to correct the problem and I assume - eventually - terminates the account if TOS isn't followed.
Stow Resident
2:51 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Thanks Debbie, I did flag Lala's post.
Debbie S.
2:21 pm on Thursday, May 3, 2012
I am cross posting this comment so that as many people have this information as possible: Well, at least PART of the (judicial) system is working. I just got an emailed sex offender notification that this guy has registered as living at 2667 Lancashire Drive, Stow, OH, less than a mile from my house and EXACTLY one mile (according to Google Maps) from Woodland Elementary.