Matthew Warren Burkhard, 36 of Tompkinsville, KY was sentenced this week to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for attempted online enticement of a minor.
U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Robert Holman of the United States Secret Service, and Special Agent in Charge Rana Saoud of the Homeland Security Investigations Nashville made the announcement.
According to court documents, was sentenced to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for one count of attempted online enticement of a minor. Burkhard communicated with an undercover law enforcement agent he believed to be a 14-year-old female, and, during those communications, he knowingly attempted to entice the minor to engage in criminal sexual activity by exchanging sexually explicit images and making plans to meet in person for sexual contact.
There is no parole in the federal system.
This case was investigated by the USSS and HSI Bowling Green.
Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Nicholas Rabold, of the U.S. Attorney’s Bowling Green Branch Office, prosecuted the case.
