BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal jury convicted David Lettieri, 36, of Harpursville, NY, of enticement of a minor. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison.
Press release
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Paul E. Bonanno and Maeve E. Huggins, who handled the prosecution of the case, stated that in October 2020, Lettieri traveled from Broome County to meet a 13-year-old girl (victim) in a park in Wyoming County with the intent of having sexual intercourse, however sexual contact did not occur. Subsequent investigation recovered communications between Lettieri and the victim, including photos of the victim on Lettieri’s phone. Investigators also searched Lettieri’s Facebook account and recovered conversations between Lettieri, the Victim, and the Victim’s sister, which were sexual in nature. The Victim’s age was also revealed during the conversations.
The verdict is the result of an investigation by the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Gregory J. Rudolph, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Miraglia.
Sentencing will be scheduled at a later date before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo, who presided over the trial of the case.
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If you’re going to report then everything should be reported. First off these 2 sisters admitted under oath that they planned this for 2 weeks to set him up. These girls should face charges well at least the older one should be charged with danger in the welfare of a minor. After all she brought the younger one into the convo. They also admitted they contacted the defendant first. The older sister claimed to have received the defendants phone number from someone on snap chat but doesn’t remember by who. This whole case just stinks to high heaven. On the stand all three so called witnesses lied numerous times and couldn’t get their story straight. But the jury felt just convict cause they just wanted to get home. So when you report a story don’t just report all the bad stuff cause there is always two sides to a story.