Solicitation case brings probation (More repuke pedophilia)

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From my local paper:

http://www.goedwardsville.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12404767&BRD=2291&PAG=461&dept_id=473648&rfi=6

Solicitation case brings probation

07/20/2004

The former Republican chairman of the St. Louis Board of Election Officials pleaded guilty Monday in Madison County Circuit Court of indecent solicitation of a child.

Coan, 42, of St. Louis, was sentenced to two years of probation and was ordered to complete court-ordered treatment.

He was arrested March 1, 2001 at a grocery store in Alton by an undercover police officer posing as a 14-year-old girl.

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Police say Coan searched the Internet in February of 2001 before getting in touch with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl. The correspondence took place on what was actually a police Web site. When Coan arranged the meeting, police say, the officer was sent to Alton and the arrest was made.

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In addition to being the top Republican election official, Coan is an attorney in Missouri. Authorities in Missouri will decide whether he will be allowed to keep his law license.