Teacher sentenced for enticement of 11 year old Massachusetts girl

BOSTON – A Louisiana teacher was sentenced Friday in federal court in Boston for child enticement related offenses.

Logan Procell, 25, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 135 months in prison and five years of supervised release. In February 2019, Procell pleaded guilty to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor and one count of transfer of obscene material to a minor. Procell was indicted in October 2017 and has been in custody since.

Procell first contacted an 11-year-old Massachusetts girl via Snapchat after seeing her on a different online application that allows users to publish videos in real time. After obtaining her phone number, Procell began communicating with her by text. The child’s parent discovered approximately one month’s worth of their communications in September 2017. The exchange of more than 1600 messages contained sexually explicit images and messages sent by Procell to the child, including pictures of his genitals, requests for her to send him pornographic images of herself, and discussions about meeting her to have sex. At the time of the offense, Procell was a chemistry teacher at a high school in Noble, La.

United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Office, made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was provided by the Louisiana State Police and the Waltham Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Anne Paruti and Mackenzie Queenin prosecuted the case.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood. In 2006, the Department of Justice created Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov/.