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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — from www.laweekly.com – It’s a parent’s worst nightmare: You wake up in the middle of the night and find out that your 13-year-old daughter is missing.

Then you realize that the man who has been courting your daughter sexually on the Internet is probably the one who took her away — to Las Vegas, no less.

Luckily, there is justice, and the man is captured and thrown in prison for seven years.

This is the story of one San Bernardino family.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ivan Lopez, 23, started up an online relationship with an 8th grader more than a year ago. On sites such as MySpace, Lopez asked the girl to be his “girlfriend” and wore down her defenses, asking her over and over to send him naked pictured of herself, which she eventually did.

Over the six month online relationship, Lopez told the girl that he wanted to run away with her and have sex, and that he had been suicidal before meeting her on the Internet. Lopez told her that he considered her to be his wife and had even bought her a ring.

In October 2010, Lopez arranged to secretly pick the girl up from her home while her parents were sleeping, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office. From there, they drove to a Las Vegas motel.

When the girl’s parents realized she was missing from their home, they immediately called the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department, which quickly determined that Lopez was probably their man. An Amber Alert went out for Lopez’s car.

U.S. Marshals soon found Lopez’s car at the Vegas motel and Lopez was arrested.

Lopez pleaded guilty in June to “traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct,” says the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison this week. Once Lopez gets out, he will spend the rest of his life on supervised release and must register as a sex offender.

from www.lawfuel.com – RIVERSIDE, California – A man who brought a 13-year-old San Bernardino County girl to Las Vegas, Nevada, to have sex has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison.

Ivan Lopez, 23, who at the time of his arrest resided in Lennox in Los Angeles County, received the sentence late Monday from United States District Judge Virginia A. Phillips. Once Lopez completes his prison sentence, he will be on supervised release for the rest of his life, and he will be required to register as a sex offender.

The sentencing of Lopez was announced today by United States Attorney André Birotte Jr. and Steven Martinez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.

Lopez pleaded guilty in June to traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. When he pleaded guilty, Lopez admitted that he traveled to Nevada with a 13-year-old girl with whom he had developed an online relationship over the course of six months.

Lopez was arrested in October 2010 by FBI Agents after his van was located by the U.S. Marshals Service outside a motel in Las Vegas. Lopez drove to the motel with the victim after he secretly arranged to pick her up from her home once her parents had gone to bed. When the victim was discovered missing, the girl’s parents contacted the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, which identified Lopez as a suspect and issued an Amber Alert for the vehicle Lopez had been driving.

During his online communications with the victim, Lopez asked her to be his “girlfriend,” despite being reminded by the victim of her young age. Lopez communicated regularly with the victim online using social networking sites, such as MySpace and Twinkle, and via text messaging and telephone calls. During the communications, Lopez told the victim of his plans to run away and have sex with her.

In sentencing papers filed with the court, prosecutors stated that Lopez used his experience in sexual matters, his influence as a grown man and his resources to unduly influence an impressionable 8th grader.

The papers argued that Lopez seemed to “wear down the victim’s defenses,” by asking her several times to send nude photos of herself, which she did after initially declining his sexual advances. Lopez told the victim he was suicidal prior to meeting her and that he considered her to be his wife, going as far as purchasing a ring for the victim. The sentencing papers also state that Lopez faces an outstanding unrelated charge in San Bernardino County for engaging in sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl.

At Monday’s sentencing hearing, the victim’s mother and sister addressed the court and detailed the harmful impact Lopez had on their family and on the victim.

The case against Lopez was investigated by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The United States Marshals Service and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department provided substantial assistance.