NEWS RELEASE
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
A. COURTNEY COX
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

Nine Executive Drive, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208, Telephone (618) 628-3700

FORMER MISSOURI POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO
121 MONTHS FOR ATTEMPTING TO ENTICE MINOR
TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY

A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that BRIAN MICHAEL GREEN, age 34, of O’Fallon, Missouri, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis today to 121 months imprisonment for using the internet to attempt to persuade, induce, or entice a minor under the age of 16 to engage in sexual activity with him. GREEN was a police officer in Wright City, Missouri, at the time of the offense and the minor was a resident of the Southern District of Illinois.

Under federal law, parole has been abolished meaning that GREEN will be required to serve a minimum of 85% of his sentence.

The offense occurred on July 15, 2007. GREEN pled guilty to the charge on March 28, 2008. Evidence supporting the guilty plea and sentence showed that on July 22, 2007, the defendant traveled from Missouri to Illinois and met with a minor female at 10:00 p.m. at St. Ellen Mine Park, located in O’Fallon, where he was arrested by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and officers of the O’Fallon Police Department. Investigation further revealed that GREEN had numerous contacts via the internet with the minor prior to that date during which he arranged to meet with the minor and attempted to persuade, induce and entice the minor to engage in sexual activity with him when they met.

GREEN’s sentence was enhanced for abusing his position of trust as a police officer and for targeting a vulnerable victim.

In addition to the term of imprisonment, GREEN was also ordered to pay fines and special assessments totaling $975 and was placed on a 10 year term of supervised release to follow his incarceration. GREEN was taken into custody immediately following the imposition of sentence.

As a part his guilty plea, additional counts against GREEN were dismissed. Under federal sentencing law, the dismissal of those counts had no effect on the sentence that was imposed.

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

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