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       Man Who Deliberately Tried To Infect Sexual Partners With HIV
       Sentenced To Prison
        
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       An Idaho man was sentenced to prison Friday on charges that he
       deliberately tried to spread HIV by having unprotected sex with dozens
       of men and teenage boys, prosecutors said.
        
       Alexander Louie, 34, of Boise, was sentenced on May 3 to 30 years in
       prison for multiple felony charges, including transferring body fluids
       containing the HIV virus, prosecutors said in a press release.
        
       In exchange for pleading guilty to sexual battery of a minor, the
       enticement of a child through the internet and transferring body
       fluids containing HIV — all felonies — Louie had six other felony
       charges against him dismissed, the Idaho Statesman reported.
        
       Authorities originally suspected Louie of child enticement after he
       initiated an online sexual conversation with an undercover Ada County
       Sheriff's detective posing as a 15-year-old boy. The two arranged to
       meet up for sex, and Louie was arrested.
        
       Louie is HIV-positive and was not taking medication. He lied to his
       sexual partners about his HIV status, investigators said, hoping to
       infect them with the virus. Louie told police that he had sex with 30
       to 50 different men and boys, including a 16-year-old, prosecutors
       said.
        
       Prosecutors later filed dozens of charges against Louie.
        
       "Your conduct would be the Webster's definition of a predator," Ada
       County District Judge Derrick O'Neill told Louie during his sentencing
       hearing.
        
       Louie's attorney in the public defender's office did not immediately
       respond to a request for comment.
        
       Louie will not be eligible for parole until he has served 16 years.
        
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