An Arizona man was sentenced Thursday, Feb. 16, to 30 years in prison for attempting to kidnap, rape and sexually traffic a 12-year-old Washington girl.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Washington announced in a press release that 25-year-old Miguel Antonio Mondaca was sentenced following a jury’s guilty verdicts on charges of child sex trafficking, online enticement and child pornography production and receipt.

Describing Mondaca’s victimization of the Spokane-area youth as “egregious,” Judge Thomas O. Rice also imposed a lifetime of federal supervision upon his release from custody and awarded the victim $30,000 in restitution for therapy.

According to the press release, Mondaca, who lived in Phoenix, Arizona, communicated in graphic sexual ways with the girl. After learning her true name and that she was a minor, he convinced her to disclose where she lived and created a plan to kidnap, then rape and traffic her. He told her he would advertise her online to “customers” for sex and leave her at a spot to be sexually assaulted.

Mondaca bought a plane ticket to Spokane, posted images of his itinerary online and told the girl he was coming to kidnap and rape her on the specific dates of his trip, according to the press release. Officers with the Washington State Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations learned that he purchased the plane ticket and sought a nationwide extraditable warrant for his arrest.

Officers in Spokane worked with Phoenix law enforcement to obtain and execute search warrants for Mondaca’s residence, where police recovered digital images and communications he had solicited from the girl. They also discovered a large collection of other child pornography he had downloaded from the internet.

The Washington State Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations and the Phoenix Police Department investigated the crimes, and Assistant United States attorneys Alison Gregoire, Ann Wick and David Herzog prosecuted Mondaca.