This article comes to us from Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester NY.
A Rochester man has pleaded guilty in federal court to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl on a cruise ship.
Lucas G. Wickes, 25, of Rochester has pleaded guilty in federal court to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl on a cruise ship nearly four years ago.
Wickes pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact on the high seas, a felony, before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The crime carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.
Wickes admitted engaging in sexual conduct with the girl on Jan. 1, 2007, on board the Disney Cruise Line ship “Disney Wonder” after it left Port Canaveral, Fla. for a cruise in the Caribbean.
A criminal complaint alleged that Wickes encountered the girl as she left a teen club on ship and ordered her to accompany him. The girl, who said she believed he was a security officer, followed him to the rear of the ship, where she was assaulted.
Wickes admitted to federal agents that he had sexual contact with the girl but said it was consensual and said he believed the girl was 17.
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