HOUSTON – A 59-year-old Michigan resident has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in federal prison following his conviction for coercion and enticement of a minor, U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery announced Friday.
Raymond Dale Carr Jr. pleaded guilty on Jan. 27.
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On Friday, U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen ordered Carr to serve a total of 262 months in prison. He will also be on supervised release for 10 years following his sentence, during which he will have to comply with numerous requirements designed to restrict his access to children and the internet. Carr will also be ordered to register as a sex offender.
According to documents, Carr met an 11-year-old minor female online and started to cultivate a relationship with her, and discussed traveling to Texas. Officials said Carr and the minor communicated via text message, social media and FaceTime video calls. In September 2020, Carr drove from Michigan to Texas and picked the minor up near her home. He took her to a local motel where he had sexual relations with her, which included intercourse and oral sex.
Officials said Carr gave the minor a ring and suggested they were going to be married when she came of age. The investigation revealed images of their hands wearing matching rings. Carr even allegedly bragged to the victim that he told his children about her but not her age. He believed it might upset his daughter that the victim was younger than her.
Carr reportedly knew the victim was under the age of 18 and would not be of age for quite some time. Their communications referenced how much he loved her and how he imagined they had a future together.
Carr has been and will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons to be determined in the near future.
FBI-Houston conducted the investigation with the assistance of FBI-Detroit.