BOSTON - A Louisiana teacher was sentenced today in federal
court in Boston for child enticement related offenses.
Logan Procell, 25, was sentenced by U.S. District Court
Judge Denise J. Casper to 135 months in prison and five years of supervised
release. In February 2019, Procell pleaded guilty to one count of coercion and
enticement of a minor and one count of transfer of obscene material to a minor.
Procell was indicted in October 2017 and has been in custody since.
Procell first contacted an 11-year-old Massachusetts girl
via Snapchat after seeing her on a different online application that allows
users to publish videos in real time. After obtaining her phone number, Procell
began communicating with her by text. The child’s parent discovered approximately
one month’s worth of their communications in September 2017. The exchange of
more than 1600 messages contained sexually explicit images and messages sent by
Procell to the child, including pictures of his genitals, requests for her to
send him pornographic images of herself, and discussions about meeting her to
have sex. At the time of the offense, Procell was a chemistry teacher at a high
school in Noble, La.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Joseph R.
Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Boston Field Office, made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was
provided by the Louisiana State Police and the Waltham Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Anne Paruti and Mackenzie Queenin prosecuted the case.
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