MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) - A 38-year-old Mississippi man was sentenced to federal prison on Friday for traveling to Wisconsin and engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Reginal Wright was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison followed by a ten-year term of supervised release. 17-year-old killed in early morning single-vehicle crash in Wisconsin Wright previously pleaded guilty to the crime on August 20, 2024. Court documents show that on November 7, 2023, Wright traveled to Madison and picked up a 12-year-old girl from her foster home. Wright sexually assaulted the girl while in Wisconsin and then later in Tennessee and Florida. Law enforcement was able to track the girl's location and eventually recovered her from a Greyhound Bus traveling from Florida to Atlanta, Georgia. BearCat, drones used to arrest man in Marinette County following a shooting incident At the sentencing, Judge William Conley found that Wright took advantage of a child for his own sexual gratification. Judge Conley also noted the "gaping age difference" between Wright and the child, who Judge Conley described as vulnerable and clearly childlike. Judge Conley said that Wright made a "sordid decision" and caused the child trauma that she may not fully understand until later.