Iberia church youth leader pleads guilty to attempting illicit sex with minor

According to a media release from the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, a former church youth leader in Iberia, Mo., pleaded guilty on Wednesday to attempting to entice a minor for illicit sex.

Jamey Lee Becker, 45, of Iberia, admitted that he used the Internet and a cell phone in an attempt to entice an individual under the age of 17 to engage in illegal sexual activity between Feb. 1, 2016 and June 10, 2016.

Becker could face a minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison without parole and a maximum sentence of life in federal prison without parole.

A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after an investigation by the United States Probation Office is finished.