SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 14, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — A Florida man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release after his conviction for traveling to Utah to have sex with someone he believed to be a minor.
The sentence, imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Howard C. Nielson, Jr., comes after Glenn Raymond Breeden, 56, of Orlando, pleaded guilty in June 2024 to coercion and enticement/attempted coercion and enticement.
According to court documents and statements made at Breeden’s change of plea and sentencing hearings, in January 2024, Breeden traveled from Florida to Utah, says a news release issued by the Office of the United States Attorney, District of Utah.
“While in Utah, Breeden communicated via cell phone with an undercover law enforcement officer who he believed was the father of a child under the age of 12,” the release says.
“Breeden told the father he planned to engage in sexual activity with the minor. Upon opening the door at a hotel in Salt Lake City to let the father and child into the hotel, Breeden was met by law enforcement and arrested.”
The case was investigated by the West Valley City Police Department and the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.
