Man who intentionally tried to infect sexual partners with HIV sentenced to prison

An Idaho man was sentenced to prison Friday for deliberately trying to spread HIV by having unprotected sex with dozens of men and teenagers, prosecutors said.

Alexander Louie, 34, of Boise, was sentenced to 30 years in prison on May 3 for multiple crimes, including transmitting bodily fluids that contained the HIV virus, prosecutors said in a report Press release.

In exchange for pleading guilty to sexual assault of a minor, enticing a child over the Internet and transmitting bodily fluids containing HIV, all felonies, Louie had six other felony charges dismissed, the Idaho Statesman reported.

Authorities originally suspected Louie of child enticement after he began an online sex conversation with an undercover Ada County sheriff’s detective posing as a 15-year-old boy. The two agreed to have sex and Louie was arrested.

Louie is HIV positive and was not taking any medication. He lied to his sexual partners about his HIV status, investigators said, in the hope of infecting 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 behavior fits the Webster definition of a predator,” Ada County District Judge Derrick O’Neill told Louie during his sentencing hearing.

Louie’s attorney at the public defender’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Louie is not eligible for parole until he has served 16 years.

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