GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — An Indiana man who prosecutors say walked to Wisconsin to have sex with what he thought was a teenage girl has been sentenced.
Tommy Lee Jenkins, 33, pleaded guilty in March to traveling from Indiana to Wisconsin for the planned encounter.
According to court documents, on Oct. 1, 2019, Jenkins, a former Oshkosh resident, accepted a Facebook friend request from 14-year-old Kylee Marie of Neenah, which was actually an undercover account for the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office. While exchanging sexually charged messages, investigators say Jenkins tried to coax the teen to travel to Indiana to have sex with him. When his requests were denied, Jenkins told her he would come to her.
According to the criminal complaint, Jenkins messaged the undercover deputy that he was traveling 351 miles from Whitestown, Indiana, to Neenah.
The complaint states “Jenkins sent images of his travels to include photographs of exit signs, selfies at various locations with timestamps, and landmarks such as churches.”
According to the criminal complaint, on the day he was arrested, Jenkins texted the undercover deputy that he was in Milwaukee and someone bought him a bus ticket for the final leg of his trip.
Sheriff’s officials say when Jenkins reached Winnebago County, they were waiting for him and put him under arrest.
Jenkins was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. After his release, he will have to register as a sex offender and he will spend the rest of his life on supervised release.
