San Pedro Man Gets 30 Years for Trying to Persuade 11-Year-Old Girl to Send Him Nude Pictures

San Pedro Man Gets 30 Years for Trying to Persuade 11-Year-Old Girl to Send Him Nude Pictures
The Los Angeles County federal courthouse on Jan. 11, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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A San Pedro man who tried to lure an 11-year-old girl into sending him sexually explicit pictures was sentenced April 1 to 30 years in prison, the United States Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

Anthony Frank Scovotto, 58, contacted the girl, who he believed was 12 years old, through audio calls and text messages for two months in 2017, the statement said.