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Whatcom County sex offender sentenced for sexting teen girl

EVERSON, Wash. — A Whatcom County sex offender charged with sending sexual text messages to a teen girl who lied about her age has been sentenced to two years in prison.

25-year-old Jonathan Richard Brouwer, of Everson, was sentenced after pleading guilty to communicating with a minor for immoral purposes and failing to register as a sex offender.

Court documents say Brouwer had met the girl on a dating site last year where she listed her age as 21. In a chat she told him she was 17 and later revealed her real age of 14. The documents allege Brouwer sent her sexual messages and asked if she wanted to have sex.

Brouwer had been on probation in a child rape case when he started messaging the girl.