TOPEKA, KAN. – An Ottawa man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a
federal charge that he drove to Missouri to meet what he believed was a mother
who was willing to sell her 10-year-old daughter for sex, U.S. Attorney Stephen
McAllister said.
Michael David Mitchell, 64, Ottawa, Kan., pleaded guilty to
one count of interstate travel to engage in unlawful sexual conduct. The
investigation began when investigators received information that Mitchell was
looking for a woman with a minor child who he could make his sex slaves.
Mitchell communicated with an undercover investigator posing as a broker who
could find Mitchell what he wanted. In his plea, Mitchell admitted that in June
2017 he drove from Ottawa, Kan., to Independence, Mo., to meet a woman he had
been told was willing to make the deal. He brought money with him to pay a
$5,000 finder’s fee.
Sentencing is set for April 24. He faces up to 30 years in
federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. McAllister commended the FBI and
Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Kenney for their work on the case.
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