YAKIMA, Wash.-A jury in Yakima County has convicted a 25-year-old man following a 2019 net nanny sting.
25-year-old Hayden Erlandson was felony attempted second-degree rape of a child and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes, he will be sentenced on November 22.
The Attorney General’s Office accepted six case referrals from Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Brusic following the net nanny sting and Erlandson is the second person convicted.
As part of the net nanny operation Detectives posed online as minors interested in sex, or, alternatively, as individuals offering minors for sex. According to a press release on his sentencing from the AG’s Office, Erlandson replied to an online profile created by an undercover task force detective posing as a 13-year-old girl on an online dating and social media website.
Erlandson arranged a meeting with the purported teenager and was arrested when he showed up.
According to the Attorney General’s Office the standard sentencing range for felony attempted second degree rape of a child is six to eight years, with a maximum penalty of life in prison and a maximum fine of $50,000.
