A Burlington man was sentenced on Thursday, July 11, 2024, to 120 months in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor.
10 years in federal prison is the sentence for 48 year old Corey Ritz of Burlington, after he was found guilty for attempting to entice a minor.
According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Corey Lee Ritz, engaged in a Facebook conversation with an undercover officer posing as a 15-year-old female. Ritz proceeded to graphically describe the kinds of acts he would like to perform on the 15-year-old if they met in person, and even went as far as making plans to meet. If that wasn’t gross enough, Ritz suggested that the 15 year old bring another underage female to their planned meeting, and began communicating with a second undercover officer posing as a 14 year old.
Ritz arrived at the pre-planned in-person meeting and was arrested by the Des Moines County Sherriff’s Department. He had a Samsung cell phone and three condoms in his possession.
After completing his term of imprisonment, Ritz will be required to serve five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
This case was investigated by Des Moines County Sheriff Department.