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Michael Crawford,
69, pleaded guilty in November to one count of conspiracy to
commit bestiality under a deal with prosecutors after his arrest
by sheriff's detectives at a horse trailer in Tolleson, 12 miles
(19.3 km) west of downtown Phoenix.
His attorney declined to comment on the sentence following the
proceedings in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix.
Crawford was arrested last July in an undercover sting operation
that began when a deputy responded to his online advertisement
that detailed his sexual intentions.
Authorities said Crawford sent graphic emails and had telephone
conversations about wanting such an act and made it clear that
he was seeking a willing horse owner.
Undercover detectives then met Crawford at the Phoenix airport
and took him to a meeting with a volunteer posse member at the
trailer. He was taken into custody after he confirmed his sexual
intentions to the deputies, authorities have said.
He told detectives at the time of his long history of traveling
the country seeking horse owners willing to let him have sex
with their animals, the sheriff's department said. It was not
immediately clear if he has ever been successful.
(Editing by Curtis Skinner and Matthew Lewis)
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