Former Dept. of Corrections Officer sentenced for enticing a minor

MURRAY, Utah ( ABC4 ) – A former Utah Dept. of Corrections Officer has been sentenced after being charged with two felonies of enticing a person he...

March 15, 2023
6:14 PM

MURRAY, Utah ( ABC4 ) – A former Utah Dept. of Corrections Officer has been sentenced after being charged with two felonies of enticing a person he believed to be a 13-year-old girl into sex. Victor Smith, 56, was found guilty in December 2022 of attempted sodomy on a child, a first-degree felony, and enticing a minor by internet or text, a second-degree felony. On March 1, 2023, a Utah County judge sentenced Smith to at least six years and up to life in the Utah State Prison. Smith was found guilty of using an internet app to talk to a person he believed to be a 13-year-old girl in November 2021.

Derick Fox