FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Authorities in the United States say a Quebec man is accused of travelling to Florida to have sex with someone he thought was an underage boy.
Federal prosecutors say 47-year-old René Roberge is facing two charges that carry a mandatory minimum 10-year prison sentence and potentially life behind bars.
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Roberge made his first court appearance Monday in Fort Lauderdale. Records did not yet list an attorney for him.
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Authorities allege Roberge flew to Florida after making contact with undercover investigators posing on Internet networking sites as a 14-year-old boy and his father interested in arranging a sexual encounter.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents also allegedly found child pornography on Roberge’s tablet computer.
Roberge is currently jailed without bail.
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