Sask. sex offender who smuggled 2 kids into U.S. signs plea deal
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A convicted sex offender living in Saskatchewan who cut through a fence to drive across the Canada-U.S. border with two children and their mother has entered a plea agreement.
A convicted sex offender living in Saskatchewan who cut through a fence to drive across the Canada-U.S. border with two children and their mother has entered a plea agreement.
The agreement filed in South Dakota court last week says Benjamin Martin Moore will be pleading guilty to possession of child pornography.
The offence carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a period of supervised release of five years to life.
An agreed statement of facts entered in court says Moore, along with the children and their mother, illegally crossed the border in August 2022 and travelled to a campground near Sturgis, S.D.
The seven-year-old girl and eight-year-old boy were the centre of an Amber Alert after they were not found at their home in Eastend in southwest Saskatchewan.
Moore was arrested after two days at the Sturgis campground.
The court document says U.S. agents pinnedMoore's vehicle to stop the man from fleeing with the woman and children.
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