Alabama man gets 9-year sentence for relationship with Boise girl
Last updated: July 15th, 2009 10:23 AM (PDT)
RICHLAND -- A troubled 14-year-old girl who regarded an older Alabama man she'd met online as a second father was in return treated as a sex object, a federal judge said Tuesday.Morgan Douglas Jones initiated sexual contact with the Boise girl through their World of Warcraft game personas, then turned his fantasies into reality when he drove across the country to help her run away.
Over the course of six days, the pair had sex multiple times while Jones gave the girl alcohol and prescription pills. They ended up at a north Franklin County campground.
Those actions justify nine years behind bars, ruled U.S. District Court Judge Ed Shea.
Jones, now 28, "offered her no real assistance, and the only thing he wanted within minutes of meeting her was sex. ... This is a person who did evil things to this girl, evil because he knew better," Shea said during a 1 1/2-hour hearing in a Richland courtroom.
Once released from federal prison, Jones will be supervised for 50 years.
