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May 13, 2007
Oklahoma Child Predator Caught By Cyber Crimes Unit Receives Four-Year Prison Sentence
Calvin Hoddy Hannah, Jr. pleads guilty to soliciting minor online
HOUSTON – An Oklahoma child predator who crossed state lines to sexually assault an underage teen he met online was prosecuted today by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s Cyber Crimes Unit and sentenced to four years in a Texas state prison facility.
Calvin Hoddy Hannah, Jr., 52, of Owasso, Okla., pleaded guilty in the 9th District Court to online solicitation of a minor after he traveled nearly 500 miles to the Houston area to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex. The “girl” turned out to be an undercover Cyber Crimes Unit investigator. Upon release, Hannah will be required to register as a sex offender for 10 years.
“Texans will not tolerate criminals who prey upon our children,” Attorney General Abbott said. “So desperate to meet and sexually assault a child that he traveled almost 500 miles across state lines, this offender shows the true danger posed by sex predators. We are grateful to Montgomery County District Attorney Michael McDougal and the Shenandoah Police Department for their tremendous assistance with this case.”
In July 2006, Hannah drove 480 miles from Owasso, a suburb of Tulsa, and stayed overnight in Huntsville before continuing on to Shenandoah to sexually assault someone he thought would be a 14-year-old girl he had met online. Hannah traveled further than any suspect since the inception of the Cyber Crimes Unit.
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