Convicted sex offender sentenced to 22-years in prison after being given a stay in previous conviction

DULUTH, Min, – “No parent should have to wonder if their child is safe at a park.” That is what Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson said in announcing the sentencing for Dillon Alvan Reyna.

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Reyna was sentenced to 22-years in prison, followed by 15-years of supervised release.

He was convicted of “Coercion and Enticement of a Minor.”

The Department of Justice says in October 2022 Reyna met a minor in a local park in Duluth.

The minor victim was under the age of 16 and, as Reyna knew, she was uniquely vulnerable and receiving care for prior sexual abuse.

For months, Reyna used all manner of coercive techniques to manipulate the minor victim into having sex with him.

Reyna gave the victim gifts and rides that were conditioned on her sexual cooperation.

He also used physical force during sex, and filmed the sex without the minor victim’s knowledge.

Reyna used social media accounts to communicate with the minor victim.

He instructed the minor victim to lie to the police.

The girl did not lie and told law enforcement what happened.

Reyna previously admitted guilt for a separate sex offense.

In 2021, Reyna admitted guilt in St. Louis County, Minnesota, for Third Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct – Force or Coercion.

He was given a stay of adjudication.

Thompson also said, “We are seeing a disturbing rash of men in Minnesota attempting to buy or coerce sex from children.  Let me be clear:  it is predatory, it is criminal, and it will be met with the full force of federal prosecution.”

Special Agent in Charge Alvin M. Winston Sr. of FBI Minneapolis said upon Reyna’s sentencing, “Far from rehabilitation, as a repeat sex offender, Reyna chose to again violate and exploit a minor victim in unthinkably heinous ways through coercion, manipulation, and force. This victim, already the brave survivor of abuse, suffered at his hands and again though the filming of the assault.”

In a news release the US Department of Justice said, “The U.S. Attorney’s Office commends the bravery of the victim in this case.  Without her courage, Reyna would still be on the streets, a threat to abusing more children. Now he is where he belongs—in federal prison.”