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LISBON -- The sentence for an Illinois man charged for possessing images of child pornography after being caught in a sex-for-hire sting in 2024 has been rescheduled for 1:15 p.m. Dec. 10.
Vincent John Bianconi, 36, last known address Chicago Heights, Ill., was supposed to be sentenced Friday, but a request to delay the sentence was approved due to a scheduling conflict for his defense attorney, Lawrence Stacey II.
Bianconi pleaded guilty to three counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor or impaired person, a fourth-degree felony, and a misdemeanor of engaging in prostitution. A charge of possessing criminal tools will be dismissed.
Bianconi was accused of allegedly responding to an undercover ad placed by an agent on a known prostitution website and requesting a woman meet him in his semi truck for sex acts in exchange for $30, arriving at the meeting location in East Palestine on July 4, 2024 in his semi truck wearing only a robe, according to an affidavit. In his possession was $50 and the cell phone used to make the arrangements, which was seized.
An agent with the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force recovered images from the phone of minor children engaged in sexual acts.