Alleged MySpace predator sentenced to 180 days

A Riverside man accused of meeting an underage Ontario girl through MySpace and convincing her to perform oral sex on him was sentenced today to 180 days in jail as part of a plea bargain reached with prosecutors.

Celestino Torres Paguyo, 32, initially told the alleged victim he was a 20-year-old college student after he befriended her on MySpace.com, a popular social-networking Web site.

He was arrested on September 4, 2008 after local authorities were notified by federal authorities of questionable online messages sent between Paguyo and the girl.

Paguyo pleaded guilty in February to one felony counts of sending "harmful matter" to a minor online. He must report to Glen Helen Rehabilitation Center in Devore on May 1 to begin serving his jail sentence, a court clerk said.