A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that BRIAN MICHAEL GREEN, age 34, of O’Fallon, Missouri, pled guilty in United States District Court in East St. Louis today to one count of using the internet to attempt to persuade, induce, or entice a minor under the age of 16 to engage in sexual activity with him. A Superseding Indictment returned by the Grand Jury alleged that the offense occurred on July 15, 2007. GREEN, a former police officer in Wright City, Missouri, was a resident of Missouri at the time of the offense and the minor was a resident of the Southern District of Illinois.

Sentencing for GREEN was set for July 14, 2008, at the United States District Courthouse in East St. Louis. GREEN will face a minimum sentence of 10 years imprisonment and a maximum sentence of life, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release to follow his incarceration of 5 years. As a part of his guilty plea, GREEN agreed that his sentence should be increased for abusing his position of trust as a police officer and for targeting a vulnerable victim.

At the time of sentencing, additional counts contained in the Superseding Indictment will be dismissed. Under federal sentencing law, the dismissal of those counts has no effect on the sentence that will be imposed.

The investigation into this case was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the O’Fallon, Illinois, Police Department.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Michael C. Carr and James M. Cutchin.