C.R.S.18-3-405.4/18-3-306: Internet Luring
18-3-405.4: Internet sexual exploitation of a child
(1) A person commits internet sexual exploitation of a child if a person, who is at least four years older than a child who is under fifteen years of age, knowingly importunes, invites, or entices the child through communication via a computer network or system to:
(a) Expose or touch the child's own or another person's intimate parts while communicating with the person via a computer network or system; or
(b) Observe the person's intimate parts while communicating with the person via a computer network or system.
(2) It shall not be an affirmative defense to this section that the child was actually a law enforcement officer posing as a child under fifteen years of age.
(3) Internet sexual exploitation of a child is a class 4 felony.
18-3-306: Internet luring of a child
(1) A person commits internet luring of a child if the person knowingly communicates a statement over a computer or computer network to a child under fifteen years of age, describing explicit sexual conduct as defined in section 18-6-403 (2) (e), and, in connection with the communication, makes a statement persuading or inviting the child to meet the person for any purpose, and the person is more than four years older than the child.
(2) It shall not be an affirmative defense to this section that:
(a) A meeting did not occur; or
(b) The child was actually a law enforcement officer posing as a child under fifteen years of age.
(3) Internet luring of a child is a class 5 felony; except that luring of a child is a class 4 felony if committed with the intent to meet for the purpose of engaging in sexual exploitation as defined in section 18-6-403 or sexual contact as defined in section 18-3-401.
(4) For purposes of this section, "in connection with" means communications that further, advance, promote, or have a continuity of purpose and may occur before, during, or after the invitation to meet.
Comment: Be aware that the Police are actively posing as children in an attempt to establish meetings. These actions utilized by the Police do not constitute entrapment.
