Last week, US District Court Judge Thomas A. Varlan sentenced 67-year-old Kent Lowery Booher of Harriman to serve life plus 120 months in federal prison on child exploitation charges.

Booher, a disbarred criminal defense attorney, and prior sex offender was found guilty of child exploitation crimes by a federal jury in April 2021. Booher will also be ordered to pay restitution in an amount to be determined by the court at a later date, according to an announcement of the sentence released Monday by the US Attorney’s Office.

Based on the evidence presented at trial, officials said that Booher used a phone and electronic messaging platforms to communicate with an undercover officer that he thought was a 14-year-old girl. For five days, he engaged in sexually explicit communication with the officer.

Officials said Booher arranged to meet the “minor” in person, where he was arrested by law enforcement.

Additionally, according to officials, at trial, the jury also convicted Booher of charges pertaining to the sexual exploitation of a then-15-year-old girl between 2012 and 2013.