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Florida man sentenced for exploiting minor met through online game

Jasmine Lee
Sports Reporter · Friday, November 6, 2026 at 6:08 AM · 1 min read
Florida man sentenced for exploiting minor met through online game — Columbus Sports news

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man who traveled by bus from Florida to Ohio to have sex with a 15-year-old girl he met online was sentenced Thursday in federal court to 30 years in prison.Harrison Michael Barton, 39, of Detroit, Texas, was arrested in February 2025 at John Glenn Columbus International Airport while attempting to fly to Florida with the victim, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio.

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