Lucero pleads not guilty to enticement charge

Paul A. Lucero, 41, of Littleton, Colorado, appeared in Cheyenne County District Court Tuesday on an amended charge of attempted enticement by electronic device.

The amended charge is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The original charge of enticement, though, is a Class 4 felony.

Lucero entered a plea of not guilty.

The amended complaint alleges Lucero, between Feb. 7 and Nov. 10, 2016, while a resident of Sidney, "knowingly and intentionally utilized an electronic communication device to attempt to contact a child under 16 years of age" and, in doing so, transmitted or otherwise disseminated "any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct."

A jury trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 23, with a pretrial hearing scheduled for Dec. 11.