David Hay was a high-ranking official with the New York City Department of Education when he went on a dating app last July and found someone named Colton, whom Mr. Hay believed to be a 14-year-old boy living in a small Wisconsin city, federal prosecutors said. He began sending sexually explicit messages, the prosecutors said on Friday, and made plans to meet the minor to engage in sexual activity. But Colton was, in fact, an undercover police officer, and Mr. Hay was charged in federal court on Friday with trying to entice a minor for sexual activity. If convicted, Mr. Hay, who served as deputy chief of staff to schools chancellor Richard A. Carranza, faces a mandatory 10-year prison term and up to life.

Source: New York Times January 03, 2020 17:37 UTC