Man sentenced for solicitation

A jury sentenced a 21-year-old man to five years of community supervision and said he must register as a sex offender after finding him guilty this week of online solicitation of a minor, according to a news release from the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office.

Aaron Quigg’s trial began on Tuesday inside a Galveston courtroom. During the trial, two prosecutors, Ross Hill and Beverly Armstrong, presented evidence on how the Internet Crimes Against Children task force completed a multiday undercover sting operation focused on identifying and arresting people involved in exploiting children.

While working undercover, a detective from the Galveston Police Department received communication on Nov. 16, 2016, from Quigg.

Quigg, then 20 years old, reportedly engaged in sexually explicit conversations and agreed to meet with the intent to commit sexual acts with a minor.

More than 400 electronic messages from Quigg were entered in as evidence, the release stated.

After two days of testimony and arguments, the jury began deliberating and came back Thursday morning with a guilty verdict.

During punishment, the state presented testimony from a detective of the League City Police Department. The detective, Austin Frakes, described the effects offenses like Quigg’s have on children, the release stated.

The jury decided that along with probation, Quigg must register as a sex offender every year for the next 10 years.