Overview
- Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor imposed the sentence in federal court in the Northern District of Texas.
- Travis Robert Larson, 24, pleaded guilty in November 2025 to enticement of a minor and sexual abuse of a minor.
- Investigators say he groomed the Colorado girl online for years beginning when she was about 10 or 11 and solicited explicit images.
- In May 2025 he drove to Colorado Springs, abducted the 14-year-old, transported her to Texas, hid her in his trunk to enter Sheppard Air Force Base, and sexually abused her in his dorm before she was recovered on May 5 by USAF Security Forces.
- The investigation involved Colorado Springs police, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Texas DPS, the FBI, and base Security Forces under the Justice Department’s Project Safe Childhood.