College Dean from Iowa City Gets 10 Years in Online Child Sex Sting Case

An Iowa City man and the former dean of a Cedar Rapids technical college campus has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to meet a child for sex in 2010.

Following his term in a Texas prison, Terry Marshall Campie, 55, of Iowa City, will have 10 years of supervised released, according to sentencing documents filed on Friday in the U.S. Southern District Court of Iowa in Davenport. 

Campie met who he thought was a 14-year-old girl on a Yahoo! chat service. The girl, who went by the name "Jenny," was actually an undercover agent. Court records documenting their conversations that begin on April 25, 2010, depict sexually explicit dialogue and show Campie arranging to meet the girl for sexual intercourse in Clinton.

Campie was informed the girl had never had sex, and in return he said he would not hurt her, according to the transcripts. Campie exchanged texts, online chats and phone conversations, as well as sent pictures of himself, according to the court documents.

Campie drove to Clinton and police apprehended him near a fast food restaurant where they were supposed to meet on April 30, 2010.

He pleaded guilty in March 2011.

According to court filings, Campie was residing at 130 N. Linn St. in Iowa City at the time. The Associated Press reports he is also the former dean of the ITT Tech campus in Cedar Rapids.

The case was also interesting because Campie also faced state charges, an aggravated misdemeanor, for attempting to entice away a child, according to Iowa Courts Online. That charge carried a much lesser sentence of two years.

Those charges were dismissed.

U.S. Attorney Nick Klinefeldt, a prosecutor, defended making it a federal case, saying that preventing child exploitation is a top priority, and the case showed how local, state and federal authorities can work together successfully, according to the Associated Press.

Ten years in prison was the minimum sentence for the charge.