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Man sentenced for soliciting minor on Craigslist

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A Garden Grove man was sentenced to three years in state prison for arranging to meet an underage girl for sex through Craigslist, according to a statement from the Orange County district attorney’s office.

Carlton Earl Griner, 56, pleaded guilty Friday to contacting a child with intent to commit a lewd act, meeting a minor with intent to engage in lewd conduct and attempting a lewd act on a child under 14 years old, according to officials.

Griner is also required to register as a lifetime sex offender in California for a conviction of child pornography in Iowa.

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In January, Griner posted an advertisement soliciting sex on Craigslist. He began to exchange sexually explicit emails with an undercover Huntington Beach police officer, whom he thought was a 13-year-old girl.

Griner arranged for him and the girl to meet on Jan. 9 at a shopping center. He drove to the location with the intent to have sexual contact with the teen and was arrested by police upon arrival.

—Anthony Clark Carpio

Twitter: @acocarpio

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