SWEETWATER, Tenn. — A Sweetwater man will spend the next 25 years in federal prison after a judge convicted him of sex crimes against two minors.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 28-year-old Jason Valdivia was sentenced Monday to serve 300 months in federal prison for transporting a minor a across state lines to engage in criminal sexual activity.
The investigation began in August 2018 after a child reported that Valdivia sexually assaulted them during a cross-country trip that summer. Authorities said Valdivia, a truck driver, admitted he had engaged in sexual acts with two minors during the trip, and an investigation revealed he had sexually assaulted the minors in his truck during a trip from Tennessee to Nevada and back.
After serving his sentence, Valvdivia will be under the U.S. Probation Office's supervision for 15 years and will be required to register as a sex offender in any state he lives or works in.
