Sherfy Kemper Guilty
Sherfy Kemper, 50, of Topeka, Kansas has been convicted on charges of attempted rape of a child younger than 14 and electronic solicitation of a child.
Kemper, one of seven Kansas men snared in an internet sex sting called “Operation Predator” was indicted in August after he allegedly went to a house in a south Topeka neighborhood hoping to meet a young girl, but instead was met with cops and cuffs.
Kemper and his attorneys never disputed the facts of the case but instead contended that Kemper was merely role playing when he sent sexually explicit Internet messages to someone claiming to be a 13-year-old girl.
The jury did not buy this line of bull and took only 30 minutes to find Kemper guilty on the two charges.
The fake girl, “Katie” was actually Nikki Delaney, who with her husband, Jay, created USCyberwatch in 2003 to post profiles of imaginary children on Internet sites and conducts stings in cooperation with law enforcement agencies.
After the jury did its duty in finding Kemper guilty, he was allowed to visit with family members briefly and was then cuffed and stuffed for the trip to the Shawnee County Jail to await his sentencing on November 30.
References:
Jurors find man guilty of attempted rape (10/13/07)
Jury doesn’t buy ‘game’ argument (10/12/07)
Internet Sting Update (8/17/07)