Sussex County Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Transporting Minor for Sex
Miles Clark, 23, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to transporting a 12-year-old girl across state lines for sexual activity.
4 reports on this incident · first at Aug 29, 2026, 11:46 p.m. ET
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Aug 30, 2026, 1:55 a.m. ET
Delaware Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Transporting Minor for Sex
Miles Clark, 23, of Sussex County, was sentenced on August 27, 2026, to 12 years in prison followed by eight years of supervised release, according to wgmd.com. The sentence was imposed in the District of Delaware under docket number 25-cr-3-MN, as reported by wgmd.com.
Clark had pleaded guilty to transporting a minor across state lines with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, according to wgmd.com and wmdt.com. The statutory maximum for the offense is life imprisonment, as reported by wmdt.com.
According to wgmd.com, the government claimed that Clark met the 12-year-old victim on Snapchat, exchanged sexually explicit messages and videos, drove to Pennsylvania, transported her to his Delaware residence, and sexually abused her. In a separate account reported by wmdt.com, Clark knowingly transported the girl from a church near her residence in Pennsylvania to his Delaware residence, where the two had sexual intercourse. The accounts differ in their details.
The FBI and Delaware State Police investigated the case, according to wgmd.com and wmdt.com.
Aug 30, 2026, 1:52 a.m. ET
Sussex County man sentenced to 12 years for transporting minor for sex
Miles Clark, 23, of Sussex County, was sentenced to 12 years in prison followed by eight years of supervised release, according to wgmd.com. The sentence was imposed in the District of Delaware under docket number 25-cr-3-MN, as reported by wgmd.com. The statutory maximum for the offense is life imprisonment, according to wmdt.com.
Clark had pleaded guilty to transporting a minor across state lines with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, according to wgmd.com and wmdt.com. The government alleged that Clark met the 12-year-old victim on Snapchat, exchanged sexually explicit messages and videos, drove to Pennsylvania, transported her to his Delaware residence, and sexually abused her, as reported by wgmd.com. In a separate account, wmdt.com reported that Clark knowingly transported the girl from a church near her residence in Pennsylvania to his Delaware residence, where the two had sexual intercourse.
The FBI and Delaware State Police investigated the case, according to wgmd.com and wmdt.com.
Aug 29, 2026, 11:46 p.m. ETFirst report
Delaware Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting Minor for Sex
Miles Clark pleaded guilty on August 27, 2026, to transporting a minor across state lines with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, according to wmdt.com. The charge stems from an incident in which Clark knowingly transported a 12-year-old girl from a church near her residence in Pennsylvania to his residence in Delaware, where the two had sexual intercourse, as reported by wmdt.com.
The case was investigated by the FBI and Delaware State Police, and was brought in the District of Delaware. Clark faces a statutory maximum of life imprisonment, according to wmdt.com.
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