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Gallatin man pleads guilty to attempted enticement of minor
Gallatin man pleads guilty to attempted enticement of minor
Gallatin man pleads guilty to attempted enticement of minor

Published on: 08/15/2025

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) -- A 64-year-old Gallatin man was sentenced Thursday to more than a decade in prison for attempted enticement of a minor, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the FBI announced.

Citing court filed documents, the U.S. Department of Justice said FBI agents started "an undercover investigation online in public chat areas known to be trafficked by purveyors of child sexual abuse material" in late October 2024. The case led to communications with a user -- identified as Andrew John Paolini -- who was reportedly trying to entice who he thought was a 13-year-old girl for sex.

Officials said federal agents arrested Paolini after he arrived at an arranged meeting location with whom he believed to be his underage victim in November 2024.

According to the DOJ, Paolini agreed to plead guilty to one count of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in statutory rape.

Then, on Thursday, Aug. 14, Judge Katherine A. Crytzer of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee sentenced the Gallatin man to 12 years and seven months in prison, officials said. Following his imprisonment, Paolini will be on lifetime supervised release and required to register with state sex offender registries and comply with special sex offender conditions.

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The DOJ said this case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. This initiative marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims.

No additional details were released about this case.

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