FORT LAUDERALE, Fla. – A Quebec man has pleaded not guilty in a Florida court to charges stemming from allegations he travelled to the U.S. to have sex with a teenage boy.
René Roberge was arrested on Sunday at the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood airport after a flight from Montreal.
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He has been charged with attempt to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, travelling to the U.S. with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and transporting material involving sexual exploitation of minors.
The court hearing Roberge’s case this morning also denied him bail based on him being a “danger to the community” and a flight risk.
In an unproven criminal complaint filed in court this week, an American agent alleged Roberge confessed to flying to the U.S. to have sex with a 14-year-old boy.
According to the complaint filed Monday by Vanessa Blanco, a special agent with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, American authorities began the sting a year ago on a social networking site.
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