JEFFERSON COUNTY — A 36-year-old British man pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to two years for luring and arranging travel to England for an underage girl he met on the Internet, authorities said.
Richard Shaun Noble came to the United States in September 2007 and was contacted by investigators for the district attorney after it was learned he had continued a relationship with a 16-year-old girl for more than a year before her parents found out, authorities said.
Noble pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree kidnapping.
On Aug. 1, the girl’s parents contacted authorities.
The girl had been planning to meet with Noble in England in early August without her parents’ knowledge, authorities said.
Her parents also discovered that Noble had purchased a cellphone for the teen and had helped her obtain a passport, authorities said.
Noble also helped purchase the airline ticket for her to fly to England, authorities said.
