Man accused of abusing girl disabled her phone so she couldn’t be tracked, US feds say

On Aug 20, 2020, Dearing drove more than 600 miles from his home near Sacramento, California, to the girl’s home in Oregon, the release says. While on his way, he came up with a plan to disable her phone’s SIM card so she couldn’t be tracked, according to the release. — Photo by Julian Hochgesang on Unsplash

A man was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison after prosecutors say he chatted with an underage girl on social media for months, then abducted and sexually abused her.

Deven Richard Dearing met the girl in June 2020 on a chat website called Omegle and then continued chatting with her on Instagram, according to a Jan 5 news release from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.