A former Sioux Falls police officer convicted of attempted enticement of a minor using the internet was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison last week. 29-year old Luke Schauer will also be on five years of supervised release following his sentence. Schauer was indicted in February of last year and pleaded guilty in September.
The conviction stemmed from an incident last January when Schauer attempted to coerce an undercover agent posing as a 12-year-old female to meet and engage in sexually explicit
conduct. Using his account on KIK Messenger, Schauer made plans to meet the undercover agent posing as a 12-year-old in February. The text messages on KIK involved interstate
commerce because Schauer was in South Dakota and the undercover agent was in Pennsylvania.
Schauer was employed as a police officer with the Sioux Falls Police Department at the time of the offense. He was immediately relieved of his duties upon his arrest and his employment terminated. Following the sentencing, Schauer was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.