Lansing man who wanted to train young girls as sex slaves sentenced
GRAND RAPIDS − A Lansing man who arranged to meet two young girls for sex early this year has been sentenced to life in federal prison.
Robert Duane Wicke, 60, thought he was meeting a mother from California and her two daughters, ages 7 and 9, when he was arrested in Grand Rapids in March, court records indicate. But the person he had been communicating with online turned out to be an undercover FBI agent.
Wicke eventually accepted a plea deal and was sentenced Monday to life in prison for attempted coercion and enticement and concurrent 20-year terms on four child pornography counts.
U.S. District Judge Jane Beckering also ordered he spend 10 years on supervised release if ever leaves prison.
Posing as the "not so good momma" of two young girls, an undercover agent based in San Francisco began communicating with "domfamman" − a name Wicke was using on the Kik messaging platform − in December 2021, according a criminal complaint filed in March.
After a long discourse, the agent and Wicke arranged to meet in Grand Rapids so he could take the two girls and train them as sex slaves, the complaint said. He sent her several pornographic videos, including ones showing child sexually abusive activity, the agent testified in the complaint.
Wicke was eventually indicted on seven criminal counts and pleaded guilty to five counts in May, including the coercion count and distributing and possessing child pornography, court records show.
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