Tigard man traveled to Washington hotel to coerce fake 9-year-old girl

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Tigard man will spend 10 years in prison for contacting and attempting to have a sexual relationship with a child, officials announced Thursday.

Andrew Sterling Hilliker, 47, used the Kik messaging platform to communicate with an undercover cop posing as the parent of a 9-year-old girl.

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Hilliker traveled to a hotel in Vancouver, Washington, on Jan. 31, 202,4 to meet the parent and assault the child, according to investigators. He was arrested when he arrived at the hotel, and officers noted he had condoms in his pocket.

“When questioned by investigators, Hilliker admitted that he believed he was communicating with the parent of a nine-year-old child and engaged in sexually explicit communications about the child,” officials said…

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