LOGAN — A 32-year-old Richmond man has confessed to driving to a Logan park in August to meetup for sex with an undercover officer who was posing as teenage girl online. Timothy Kenneth Moore is currently in the Cache County Jail after showing up at a Logan park and finding police waiting to arrest him.
According to court records, Moore appeared Sept. 30 in Logan’s 1st District Court. He waived his rights to a preliminary hearing and fair trial, accepting a plea deal that will likely send him to prison. He pleaded guilty to attempted sodomy on a child, a first-degree felony; and two counts of enticing a minor, a second-degree felony.
Prosecutors report, Moore began messaging a Logan City Police officer in July. The officer was posing as a 13-year-old girl online.
Originally, Moore said he was interested in socializing, and offered to pick up the supposed girl to drive around and smoke. He later began making sexual inferences, describing various acts he wanted to engage in, and requesting naked photos from the undercover officer.
On several occasions, Moore made plans to meet in person but never showed up at the locations. He later sent messages, apologizing, and offering to make it up to the supposed girl.
Moore sent another message to the undercover officer Aug. 26, saying he was free to hang out. He offered to purchase a pizza and meet the undercover officer around noon at a park in Logan, police reported.
Officers later observed Moore at a local restaurant, buying a pizza, and driving to the designated location, where he was taken into custody without incident. Inside the vehicle, police located the phone used to message the undercover officer, the arrest affidavit detailed.
During questioning at the police department, Moore reportedly told officers he was just going to eat pizza at the park and had no other intentions. As the interrogation continued, he reportedly became physically and verbally combative, and had to be restrained by police.
During Moore’s court appearance, defense attorney Cameron Cox explained that as part of the plea agreement, prosecutors dismissed one remaining charge. Attorneys will also recommend the defendant be sentenced to between five years to life in prison.
Moore will be sentenced Nov. 18.