Joplin man is charged with trying to have sex with toddler

by The Associated Press

Joplin man is charged with trying to have sex with toddler
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Story Published: Sep 6, 2008 at 11:03 PM CST

Story Updated: Sep 8, 2008 at 10:40 AM CST

By Michelle Leroux

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JOPLIN, MO. -- A man from Joplin faces federal charges because investigators think he traveled to Oklahoma in a failed attempt to have sex with a 3-year-old girl. Jeffrey Cornell Lewis, 32, was arrested after a woman told police he expressed interest in having sex with her daughter.

Officers, pretending to be the woman online, set up a meeting with Lewis purportedly to have sex with the toddler. If convicted, Lewis could get 10 years to life in prison.

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