A Des Moines man was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for sexually exploiting a 12-year-old from Minnesota.
Prya Reh, 24, drove from Des Moines to Minnesota to pick up a 12-year-old from high school and sexually assault him at a local motel in November 2022, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of the United States. Iowa. Reh met the child online in the fall of 2022 and knew their ages, according to court documents and information presented at the sentencing.
Reh drove again to Minnesota and took the child to Des Moines and sexually assaulted them in a basement bedroom, the news release said.
“Reh also created an image of child sexual abuse material depicting the child and repeatedly asked the child to text him sexually explicit photos,” the news release said.
During their investigation, police found a loaded handgun in Reh’s bedroom, which as a convicted felon he was illegally allowed to possess.
Reh must serve five years of supervised release after serving his prison sentence. There is no parole in the federal system.
The case was investigated by the Des Moines Police Department and the Austin Police Department in Minnesota and was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.
José Mendiola is a breaking news reporter for the Register. Reach him at jmendiola@dmreg.com.
This article originally appeared on the Des Moines Register: Des Moines man gets jail time for sexual exploitation of 12-year-old
