North Texas Ex-Principal Gets 10 Years For Child Exploitation
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SHERMAN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — An ex-principal at a North Texas elementary school has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being arrested at a shopping mall for trying to solicit sex from someone he thought was a 16-year-old boy.
Federal prosecutors say 47-year-old Oscar Figueroa of Carrollton was sentenced Monday in Sherman for child exploitation. He was convicted by a federal jury in April for attempting to coerce and enticement of minors.
A Frisco police online sting last July led to Figueroa. Officers noticed a Craigslist advertisement about a person seeking a young male for sex.
An undercover officer posing as a 16-year-old boy contacted Figueroa, they exchanged texts and agreed to meet at a mall.
At the time the crimes were committed Figueroa was the principal at Viridian Elementary School, which is in the city of Arlington but part of the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District.
Figueroa resigned after he was arrested.
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