On Nov. 5, Canyon County Judge Davis VanderVelde sentenced 38-year-old Garrett Ray Vanni to 15 years in state prison for “enticing a child through the use of the internet, video image, or other communication device,” a felony.
According to the Idaho Attorney General’s Office, Vanni was arrested during a “joint undercover operation targeting individuals who use the internet to entice children” on Feb. 27, 2025.
Investigators say Vanni engaged in sexually explicit conversations with someone he believed to be a 15-year-old girl. In reality, the individual was an undercover officer…