Carson City Man Pleads Guilty to Statutory Sexual Seduction
In January, a Carson City man pleaded guilty to breaking felony attempted statutory sexual seduction law in Nevada. He was arrested in November after allegedly having sexual relations with a fifteen-year-old. Her parents discovered emails and texts they since sent to each other that referred to the encounter, which led to his arrest.
Statutory sexual seduction law in Nevada makes it a crime for an adult of eighteen or older to have sexual relations with someone under the age of sixteen. The penalty for committing statutory sexual seduction law in Nevada depends on the age of the alleged perpetrator. If he/she is twenty-one or older, it’s a category C felony, punishable by one to five years in prison and maybe a $10,000 fine. If he/she is under twenty-one, it’s a gross misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and/or up to a $2,000 fine.
When the defendant is a school teacher and the victim is a pupil at the school, penalties vary. If the victim is sixteen or seventeen years old, the teacher also faces one to five years in prison and maybe a $10,000 fine. But if the victim is fourteen or fifteen, he/she faces one to six years in prison and maybe a $5,000 fine.
