A North Carolina man, Emilio Moran, a former Marine who was working in Okinawa, Japan, was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in federal prison. Moran enticed a minor into a prolonged sexual relationship.
Court documents indicate that the 39-year-old Moran, of Jacksonville, used text messages and gifts to entice the minor into an illegal relationship, which ended when the parents of the minor discovered it. Moran took cellphone videos of some of the sexual abuse. Moran also encouraged the minor to destroy evidence in the case, according to authorities.
The parents reported the crime to investigators with the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations.