GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – A former schools superintendent in Colorado who was living in Washington has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for trying to hire what he thought was a 13-year-old child as a prostitute.
Paul Rosier, a longtime educator, was sentenced Tuesday after previously pleading guilty to attempted child-sex trafficking.
The 76-year-old was living in Olympia in April 2017 when he was ensnared by undercover police officers.
Investigators say a Kennewick Police Department detective posed as a 16-year-old pimp using a texting application, and Rosier sent a message looking for a “hook up” while he was in town.