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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A Clovis antheral was sentenced connected Monday aft sending photos of his genitals to idiosyncratic helium believed was a 12-year-old miss earlier attempting to conscionable with her, the Department of Justice announced.
According to national prosecutors, betwixt Oct. 21 and Oct. 30, 2020, 59-year-old Michael Dickens utilized societal media to connection who helium believed was a 12-year-old girl, but was really an undercover detective.
During their interactions, prosecutors accidental Dickens expressed his tendency to prosecute successful pedophilic acts with the minor, successful which helium would nonstop photos and a video of his genitalia to the undercover officer.
Court records authorities that Dickens yet drove to an agreed-upon determination to conscionable with the insignificant and was arrested by instrumentality enforcement.
On Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, the DOJ states Dickens was sentenced to 12 years and six months successful prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for attempted coercion and enticement of a insignificant to prosecute successful intersexual activity.
Before his apprehension successful 2020, Dickens was reportedly an progressive genitor progressive with girls’ h2o polo clubs successful Clovis and Fresno, having besides served arsenic a manager of a girls’ softball squad successful Clovis.
