A 62-year-old area man who solicited sex from his 15-year-old biological granddaughter was sent to prison Friday after pleading guilty to one count of enticing a child over the internet.

Paul W. Clapper was sentenced to 10 years in prison, including two years fixed and another eight years indeterminate, which can be used at the discretion of the prison.

Clapper was taken into custody after the Friday afternoon court hearing in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court pending transfer to the Idaho Department of Correction.

Clapper, who had two addresses including one on North Meadow Way in Hayden and one on East Sherman Avenue in Coeur d’Alene, was originally arrested last October on a warrant. He posted $250,000 bond the same day and was released from jail.

The charges stem from a year ago, when Clapper used Facebook Messenger to contact his granddaughter, who lives in another state.

“The communication became sexual and they exchanged sexually explicit pictures,” Paul Farina, of the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, wrote in a report.

Clapper sent a photograph of his penis in exchange for pictures of the girl’s breasts, according to the report.

Farina said he received a report from Cybertip, a network of internet authorities who monitor electronic communications. The report was marked possible child pornography and came from Facebook. It showed a teen with her shirt pulled up fondling her breasts.

“The summary of the report stated that a (then) 61-year-old male appears to be enticing a 15-year-old female to produce and send exploitation images …” according to the police report. “Conversations indicate they have expressed interest in meeting to engage in sexual activity and that the subject may be in a position of trust as a grandfather.”

According to the police report, Facebook turned over the information when regulators learned that the girl “may be traveling during the week of Thanksgiving to visit her grandfather and stay at his home in Hayden.”

Clapper sent $500 for the trip to the girl’s family.

Farina contacted police in the state where the girl lived and officers interviewed the teenager and her parents.

Police downloaded online conversations between Clapper and the girl that were used in court.

In one exchange Clapper tells his granddaughter that “You will love it baby, I will teach you things you’ve never done before.”

Clapper told the court he has an eighth grade education and that he has trouble reading and writing English.

He agreed to plead guilty in May and accept a settlement offer that called for the combined 10-year sentence, which was handed down last week. The statutory maximum penalty for using the Internet to entice children is 15 years behind bars.