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Ex-Smyrna detective: 10 years in federal prison for involvement with 16-year-old girl

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The previous employee of the Smyrna Police Department has been sentenced to a decade in federal prison. (Photo by Emiliano Bar/Unsplash) Michael Kealty of Magnolia, was sentenced Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware to 10 years in federal prison for his crime of coercing and enticing a minor into sexual activity. Shannon T. Hanson, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced the news, and The Honorable…

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Ex-Smyrna detective: 10 years in federal prison for involvement with 16-year-old girl

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UPDATE: Ex-Smyrna Detective Sentenced for Child Sexual Exploitation

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the conviction of a former Smyrna police officer after he pleaded guilty to enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity.

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Former Smyrna Detective Gets 10 Years in Child Sex Case

Shannon T. Hanson, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Michael Kealty, of Magnolia, was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware to 10 years in federal prison for his crime of coercing and enticing a minor into sexual activity. The Honorable U.S. District Judge Richard G. Andrews issued the sentence. According to Court documents, Kealty met a 16-year-old girl online and groomed her for…

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Del. detective sentenced to federal prison for grooming, threatening teen girl

A detective in Delaware is facing 10 years in federal prison after grooming a teen girl and threatening to share sexually explicit photos she shared with him, officials announced. Michael Kealty, of Magnolia, Delaware, was working as a detective with the Smyrna Police Department when he is accused of meeting a 16-year-old girl online. Kealty then “groomed” the teen for six months and convinced her to send him sexually explicit photos and videos …

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Former Smyrna detective sentenced to a decade in prison

SMYRNA, Del. – A former Smyrna Police detective has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for coercing and enticing a minor victim into sexual activity. Michael Kealty pleaded guilty late last year to coercing and enticing a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity. According to court documents, Kealty met a 16-year-old girl online and groomer her for six months into producing sexually explicit images and videos of herself. He allegedl…

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