Overview
- U.S. District Judge Joseph N. Laplante imposed the term, calling Jesus Moore’s behavior completely inexcusable.
- Prosecutors said Moore arranged a rideshare on March 7, 2022, to bring a 17-year-old student to a Manchester, N.H., motel, gave her alcohol, and assaulted her.
- Moore pleaded guilty to traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct under an agreement setting an 84 to 144 month range, and the court chose 121 months.
- The victim’s parents urged the maximum sentence at the hearing and described ongoing emotional harm to their daughter.
- The case advanced after a tip from the U.S. Center for SafeSport and a joint investigation by Homeland Security Investigations and police in Lawrence and Manchester, with state charges later dismissed following the federal indictment.