Seattle – A Tucson, Arizona man, Steven J. Migdon, aged 73, has been sentenced to four years in prison for traveling with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor. Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller announced the sentencing today in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
Migdon was arrested in August 2024 following an online investigation conducted by Seattle Police and the FBI. An undercover agent posed as a 13-year-old boy during the investigation. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Jamal N. Whitehead commented on Migdon’s previously crime-free life but emphasized, “Today we are here to confront the ugliness of what you did over ten days. The images you had on your phone represented real children and real abuse.”
In July 2024, Migdon engaged with an undercover agent posing as a teenager on a chatroom platform, making communications sexually explicit and sending pictures of himself to the agent.
On August 5th, Migdon traveled from Tucson to Everett, Washington intending to meet the supposed “teen” at a hotel room but was instead arrested. His phone revealed additional sexually explicit images involving other minors.
Assistant United States Attorney Cecelia Gregson advocated for a four-year sentence followed by ten years of supervised release stating that “Migdon spent ten days communicating with a person he believed to be a 13-year-old boy.” His actions were not isolated incidents according to evidence found on his phone.
Migdon must pay $3,000 in restitution for victims related to child sex abuse images he possessed and will be registered as a sex offender with ten years of supervised release post-prison.
The case is part of Project Safe Childhood initiated by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aiming at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse using federal resources effectively against such crimes.
