Opinion ID: 3026522
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Heading: Conduct Underlying the Charges

Text: Kenrick, then a 46-year-old Georgia resident, met the victim, then a 13-year-old Pennsylvania resident, online in May 2002.2 Over the next several years, Kenrick and the 2 It appears that the victim did not learn Kenrick’s age when they first met online. See PSR ¶ 9 (“At the time of their initial meeting, the defendant told the victim that he was 19 years old; he later told her he was 22 years old.”). 3 victim communicated regularly, both online and by telephone. Subsequently, when the victim turned 15, Kenrick asked her to marry him, indicating that he was going to come to Pennsylvania to meet and live with her. In August 2004, Kenrick did indeed travel from Georgia to Pennsylvania where he went to the victim’s home. The victim, however, was not there when he arrived. Kenrick returned several days later, meeting the victim in person for the first time. Although Kenrick returned to Georgia, he subsequently traveled back to Pennsylvania, this time staying with the victim’s family. While in the victim’s home, Kenrick and the victim engaged in various sexual acts.3 Kenrick eventually moved into an apartment located in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, the town in which the victim lived, and continued to see her for several weeks. Ultimately, however, the victim’s parents asked Kenrick not to see the victim any longer.