LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – A man will serve 11-23 months in prison after being caught in a human trafficking sting while traveling to Lancaster County to have sex with who he thought was an underage girl.

Tanner Iskra of Stafford, Virginia pled guilty in September 2023 to attempted statutory sexual assault (11 years older), attempted corruption of minors, and criminal use of a communication facility.

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The sentencing comes after Iskra responded to an online ad and communicated with an undercover Lancaster County Human Trafficking Task Force detective posing as the family member of a 13-year-old girl.

The Lancaster County District Attorney’s office says Iskra agreed to pay $200 to have sex with the girl for an hour.

“The defendant was in fact looking to have sex with a child,” Assistant District Attorney Fritz Haverstick said to Lancaster County Judge Dennis Reinaker, who ordered the sentence. “Nothing can change those facts.”

“This is very serious stuff,” Judge Reinaker said to Iskra at sentencing. “It didn’t involve an actual victim, but that’s no benefit to you. If it were up to you, there would’ve been a victim.”

Iskra will also serve eight years of probation and register as a sex offender for the remainder of his life.

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