Pleasant Hill police said a former police officer from South Carolina has been sentenced in a case involving a 13-year-old Iowa girl.Andrew Haney, 31, South Carolina, was found guilty of one count of lascivious acts with a minor.He faces a mandatory prison sentence of five years followed by years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender.Police said Haney was a police officer in West Columbia, South Carolina. He had online sexual chats with a girl he knew to be 13-years-old from Des Moines and sent her explicit photos.After Pleasant Hill PD contacted the officer's department and an investigation was conducted, Haney was terminated and arrested in October of 2013.The case was investigated by the Pleasant Hill Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children affiliate. It was prosecuted in the U.S. Attorney's Office of United States District Court of Southern Iowa.

Pleasant Hill police said a former police officer from South Carolina has been sentenced in a case involving a 13-year-old Iowa girl.

Andrew Haney, 31, South Carolina, was found guilty of one count of lascivious acts with a minor.




He faces a mandatory prison sentence of five years followed by years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender.



Police said Haney was a police officer in West Columbia, South Carolina. He had online sexual chats with a girl he knew to be 13-years-old from Des Moines and sent her explicit photos.



After Pleasant Hill PD contacted the officer's department and an investigation was conducted, Haney was terminated and arrested in October of 2013.

The case was investigated by the Pleasant Hill Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children affiliate. It was prosecuted in the U.S. Attorney's Office of United States District Court of Southern Iowa.