PITTSBURGH — A City of Pittsburgh firefighter, who the FBI said drove to Virginia to meet a child for sex, pleaded guilty on Thursday to attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.
According to federal documents, Brian Kosanovich, 58, was charged after a months-long investigation into online conversations he was having with who he thought was a woman regarding potentially meeting her and her daughter for sex. He was really talking to an undercover FBI agent.
The investigation started in Nov. 2019 when an undercover agent created a profile on a website described as a “network for members interested in alternative forms of sexual relationships and friendship,” according to an FBI criminal complaint. The undercover agent’s profile noted the user as an adult woman.
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On Nov. 14, investigators said Kosanovich -- under the username “bk11t” -- contacted the agent on that site. He allegedly claimed he was 50 years old and lived in Pittsburgh. They eventually moved their conversation to another messaging platform, where the agent purported to be a mother with access to her 10-year-old daughter.
Over the course of the next few months, federal documents show Kosanovich and the agent had lengthy conversations about wanting to meet for sex involving both the 10-year-old girl and her mother. Kosanovich sent multiple graphic images to the agent over that time, investigators said.
On Feb. 18, Kosanovich agreed to drive more than 350 miles to meet who he thought was a woman and her 10-year-old daughter, but FBI agents were waiting outside a restaurant in Virginia to take him into custody.
Kosanovich faces a mandatory minimum term of 10 years in prison, and a maximum possible sentence of life in prison. He will be sentenced on March 3, 2021.
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