A Gulfport man thought he was just a few keystrokes away from meeting a 9-year-old girl for sex when his actions came to light in video footage from the Houston-based vigilante group Predator Poachers.
A subsequent police investigation resulted in the January 2022 arrest of Justin Michael Cripps, 33, on child exploitation charges. On Monday, Judge Christopher Schmidt sentenced an apologetic Cripps to 30 years in prison for child exploitation, with 20 years suspended and 10 years to serve in prison.
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