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Friday, March 28, 2008 6:15 PM CDT
Man pleads in enticement of minor case
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Man pleads in enticement of minor case
By JEFF REINITZ, Courier Staff Writer
WATERLOO --- A former Waterloo man has pleaded to reduced charges in connection with Internet discussions he had with someone he thought was a teenage girl two years ago.
Trial for Marc Lawerence Braniff, 27, was scheduled to begin Tuesday for felony enticement of a minor.
But Braniff opted to plead to attempted enticement, which is a misdemeanor and carries up to two years in prison.
Sentencing will be in May.
Authorities said Braniff, who briefly held a job as a police officer, had sexual conversations in an online chat room with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl when he was living in Waterloo in February 2006.
The girl was actually a Black Hawk County sheriff's deputy working undercover, and Braniff was taken into custody when he went to a mall where he had arranged to meet the girl.
Braniff was hired by the Anamosa Police Department in October 2002 but never became a certified peace officer, according to the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy. He now lives in Minnesota and works in construction, authorities said.
Contact Jeff Reinitz
at (319) 291-1578
or jeff.reinitz@wcfcourier.com.
Trial for Marc Lawerence Braniff, 27, was scheduled to begin Tuesday for felony enticement of a minor.
But Braniff opted to plead to attempted enticement, which is a misdemeanor and carries up to two years in prison.
Sentencing will be in May.
Authorities said Braniff, who briefly held a job as a police officer, had sexual conversations in an online chat room with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl when he was living in Waterloo in February 2006.
The girl was actually a Black Hawk County sheriff's deputy working undercover, and Braniff was taken into custody when he went to a mall where he had arranged to meet the girl.
Braniff was hired by the Anamosa Police Department in October 2002 but never became a certified peace officer, according to the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy. He now lives in Minnesota and works in construction, authorities said.
Contact Jeff Reinitz
at (319) 291-1578
or jeff.reinitz@wcfcourier.com.
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