North Carolina Man Sentenced for Enticement of a Minor

LINCOLN - A North Carolina man has been sentenced for enticement of a minor in Lincoln.

U.S. Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Alexander Kingston was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison, 10 years on supervised release and be required to register as a sex offender.

In March, Lincoln Police learned that a 14-year-old girl met Kingston online.

Kingston offered to drive to Lincoln to pick her up.

Officers were granted access to the friend’s account, and continued the conversation with Kingston in an undercover capacity.

Kingston told the undercover officer he would drive from Kentucky and pick her up and take her to another state where she would live with him.

On April 19th, Kingston was arrested by Lincoln Police.