PENSACOLA — A 47-year-old Alabama school district employee pleaded guilty in federal court to attempted sex trafficking of a minor after traveling to Pensacola to have sex with someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl, U.S. Attorney John P. Heekin announced.
Christopher W. Glover of Simms, Alabama, who worked for the Baldwin County School District, entered guilty pleas to one count of attempted sex trafficking of a minor and one count of traveling in interstate commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct. He faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years’ imprisonment and up to life imprisonment.
“This case is a reminder that parents need to be aware of the online threats facing our kids from sexual predators, like this defendant, who seek to sexually exploit and victimize children,” Heekin said. “Our state and federal law enforcement partners are relentless in their pursuit of these sick individuals preying upon our kids, and my office will continue to follow through on those investigations and arrests with aggressive prosecutions to keep our children safe online.”
Court documents and pretrial hearings reveal that Glover communicated online with who he believed to be a 14-year-old female in October 2025, offering to pay her hundreds of dollars in return for sexual acts. He then drove from Alabama to Pensacola to meet the purported minor — who was actually an undercover law enforcement officer. When Glover arrived, he was carrying over $200 in cash intended to pay for the illicit sexual acts and was taken into custody.
The case was jointly investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, Florida Highway Patrol and the United States Marshals Service. Assistant United States Attorneys David L. Goldberg and Jessica S. Etherton are prosecuting the case as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Glover will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Sentencing is scheduled for July 14, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. at the United States Courthouse in Pensacola before United States District Judge T. Kent Wetherell II.