A Davenport man arrested with eight other men during a federal sex crime sting has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
During a sentencing hearing held Wednesday in U.S. District Court, Peoria, Auston M. McLain, 38, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on each count of attempted enticement of a minor and travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual activities.
Chief U.S. District Court Judge Sara Darrow ordered the sentences to run concurrently. McLain will receive credit for the time he has served in custody awaiting trial and sentencing.
There is no parole in the federal system.
Darrow also ordered that McLain spend 10 years on federal supervised release once his prison sentence is completed.
A federal jury found McLain guilty of the charges on June, 2023, after a two-day trial.
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McLain was arrested in November of 2020 after he traveled from his Davenport apartment to a house in Rock Island to meet a person he believed was boy for sex. The person McLain had been chatting with and agreed to meet was actually an undercover federal agent.
Eight other men were arrested in the sting that targeted adults attempting to entice minors for sexual exploitation.
Only one other man from the nine awaits sentencing in the case. Jeffrey Alan Bosaw, 55, of Bloomington, Illinois, was found guilty by a federal jury of one count of attempted enticement of a minor after a one-day trial held Aug. 17 in U.S. District Court, Peoria.
Bosaw is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 19 in U.S. District Court, Peoria.
The other seven men have either been found guilty by a jury or entered into a plea agreement and have been sentenced, with sentences ranging from seven years and three months to 17 ½ years.
Douglas L. Christensen, 58, of East Moline was sentenced Nov. 3, 2021, to 10 years in federal prison. He is currently being held in the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, according to the Bureau of Prisons website. He is scheduled to be released Sept. 16, 2028.
Michael Robert McKinney, 26, of Silvis was sentenced July 20, 2021, to 12 years in federal prison. He is currently being held in the Federal Correctional Institution in Marianna, Florida, according to the Bureau of Prisons website. He is scheduled to be released March 29, 2031.
Douglas Michael Speer, 33, of Johnston, Iowa, was sentenced Oct. 20, 2021, to 11 years in federal prison. He is currently being held in the Federal Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, according to the Bureau of Prisons website. He is scheduled to be released May 18, 2029.
Nicholas Bryan Swank, 34, of Muscatine was sentenced Jan. 6, 2022, to 17 ½ years in federal prison. He is currently being held in the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, according to the Bureau of Prisons website. He is scheduled to be released Oct. 11, 2035.
Charles Walter Christopher, 45, of West Liberty was sentenced Dec. 15, 2021, to 22 years in federal prison. He is currently being held in the U.S. Penitentiary in Thomson, Illinois, according to the Bureau of Prisons website. He is scheduled to be released July 2, 2040.
Joseph Allen Wilcher, 42, of Cedar Rapids was sentenced Feb. 24, 2022, to 10 years in prison. He is currently being held at the Federal Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas. He is scheduled to be released Nov. 2, 2029.
Damien Pernell Shepherd, 38, of Moline, was sentenced Nov. 22, 2022, to seven years and three months in prison. He is currently being held at the Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan. He is scheduled to be released Jan. 19, 2027.
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