Springdale man gets more than 21 years for online enticement of a minor

Eleuterio Flores
Eleuterio Flores

A Springdale man was sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for online enticement of a minor Tuesday in Fayetteville.

Eleuterio Flores, 34, will also be required to serve twenty-five years of supervised release following his imprisonment and is ordered to pay a $10,000.00 fine, according to a press release by Duane Kees, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas.

The Springdale Police Department developed information that Flores used Facebook Messenger while pretending to be a female pimp named "Elyzabet Estrada" in September 2016. Flores made contact with a 14-year-old girl and enticed the teen to engage in sexual intercourse with him at the Hilltop Inn in Springdale in exchange for $1,200.

Flores admitted to making Facebook accounts for people he claimed were involved in prostitution and escort services.

A federal grand jury indicted Flores in March 2017, and he pled guilty in July 2018.

The case was investigated by the FBI and the Springdale Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Denis Dean prosecuted the case for the United States.

NW News on 12/19/2018

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