{"id":38047,"date":"2022-06-05T21:36:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T21:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/disney-channel-actor-stoney-westmoreland-is-jailed-for-two-years\/"},"modified":"2022-06-05T21:36:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T21:36:15","slug":"disney-channel-actor-stoney-westmoreland-is-jailed-for-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/disney-channel-actor-stoney-westmoreland-is-jailed-for-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Channel actor Stoney Westmoreland is jailed for two years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"98.120474925274\">\n<h2>Disney Channel actor Stoney Westmoreland is jailed for two years after being accused of trying to entice a minor into sex<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Stoney Westmoreland, 52, was arrested in 2018 after trying to meet an investigator who was posing as a 13-year-old teenager on Grindr, police said <\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Westmoreland, who played grandfather &#8216;Ham&#8217; on Disney&#8217;s hit series Andy Mack, took a plea deal with the prosecution and will spend 24 months behind bars <\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The disgraced actor originally faced a ten-year sentence stemming from charges of enticement of a minor over the Internet or text<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>After taking the deal, he was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser charge of using interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By Andrea Blanco For Dailymail.Com <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2022-06-05T18:01:52+0100\">  1:01 pm EDT, June 5, 2022 <\/time> <\/span>  | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2022-06-05T18:14:36+0100\">  1:14 pm EDT, June 5, 2022 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/6.29.3\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.13.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/6.10.0\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.14.3\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.14.3\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if gte IE 8]><!--> <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-fff\/2.2.0\/styles\/fff.css\" \/> <!--<![endif]-->  <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>   <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. More info available at\n    http:\/\/www.omniture.com -->  <\/p>\n<p>         <!-- End SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. -->  <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->   <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n  \n  <noscript><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/gunther-2159\/video_bundle--.css\"><\/noscript>\n  \n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> --> <link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/videoplayer\/6.13.0\/styles\/mol-fe-videoplayer.min.css\" as=\"style\" onload=\"this.rel=\" stylesheet=\"\" \/> <noscript><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/videoplayer\/6.13.0\/styles\/mol-fe-videoplayer.min.css\" \/><\/noscript>  <!-- <![endif]-->   <!-- CWV --><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" wp_automatic_readability=\"95.558029014507\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A former Disney Channel actor will spend two years in federal prison for allegedly enticing a minor into sex, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Stoney Westmoreland, 52, communicated with an undercover officer on the app Grindr and was arrested in 2018 after trying to meet the investigator who was posing as a 13-year-old teenager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Westmoreland, who played grandfather &#8216;Ham&#8217; on Disney&#8217;s hit series Andy Mack, took a plea deal with the prosecution and will spend 24 months behind bars followed by ten years of supervised release, TMZ reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The disgraced actor originally faced a ten-year sentence stemming from charges of enticement of a minor over the Internet or text.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After taking the deal, he was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser charge of using interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Westmoreland&#8217;s lawyers had argued that the actor believed he was communicating with an adult roleplaying as a 13-year-old and had no real intention of meeting with a minor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In addition to the sentence, Westmoreland will not be allowed to interact with minors without adult supervision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His electronic devices and social media accounts will also be subject to random inspections upon his release, according to TMZ.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-b72d3f5964595657\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/06\/05\/17\/58710727-10886853-image-a-20_1654448145342.jpg?resize=634%2C629&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"629\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Stoney Westmoreland, 52, communicated with an undercover officer on the app Grindr and was arrested in 2018 after trying to meet the investigator who was posing as a 13-year-old teenager\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Stoney Westmoreland, 52, communicated with an undercover officer on the app Grindr and was arrested in 2018 after trying to meet the investigator who was posing as a 13-year-old teenager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-fb57beeefa933369\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/06\/05\/17\/7452446-10886853-The_series_follows_13_year_old_Andi_Mack_and_her_friends_around_-a-21_1654448179458.jpg?resize=633%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"356\" width=\"633\" alt=\"Westmoreland (pictured on the show) was fired from his grandfather role on the made-in-Utah Disney Channel series 'Andi Mack' after his 2018 arrest\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-fb57beeefa933369\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/06\/05\/17\/7452446-10886853-The_series_follows_13_year_old_Andi_Mack_and_her_friends_around_-a-21_1654448179458.jpg?resize=633%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"356\" width=\"633\" alt=\"Westmoreland (pictured on the show) was fired from his grandfather role on the made-in-Utah Disney Channel series 'Andi Mack' after his 2018 arrest\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Westmoreland (pictured on the show) was fired from his grandfather role on the made-in-Utah Disney Channel series &#8216;Andi Mack&#8217; after his 2018 arrest <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In 2018, Utah police said Westmoreland communicated with an undercover officer who was posing as a 13-year-old teenager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Authorities said Westmoreland tried to meet the teen for sex by using a ride-sharing app to order the victim a car to the Little America Hotel. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Two novelty sex toys were seized from the hotel room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">That&#8217;s when he was taken into custody by the Salt Lake City Police Department and FBI Child Exploitation Task Force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to police he &#8216;admitted to sending nude photos, and that the male who he was speaking with told him he was 13 years old&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He was initially charged with four counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor and one count of enticing a minor by internet or text.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\" style=\"height: auto;\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-6d308ff31d352c1d\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/12\/29\/16\/7453092-7834717-Andi_Mack_cast_photo_is_seen_Westmoreland_pictured_far_right_com-a-3_1577638237450.jpg?resize=634%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Andi Mack cast photo is seen.  Westmoreland (pictured far right) communicated with an undercover officer on the app Grindr and was arrested after allegedly trying to meet the investigator who was posing as a 13-year-old teenager\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-6d308ff31d352c1d\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/12\/29\/16\/7453092-7834717-Andi_Mack_cast_photo_is_seen_Westmoreland_pictured_far_right_com-a-3_1577638237450.jpg?resize=634%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Andi Mack cast photo is seen.  Westmoreland (pictured far right) communicated with an undercover officer on the app Grindr and was arrested after allegedly trying to meet the investigator who was posing as a 13-year-old teenager\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Andi Mack cast photo is seen.  Westmoreland (pictured far right) communicated with an undercover officer on the app Grindr and was arrested after allegedly trying to meet the investigator who was posing as a 13-year-old teenager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-b1f29934f1f957b9\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/06\/05\/17\/58710751-10886853-image-a-23_1654448295444.jpg?resize=634%2C951&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Westmoreland appeared in the Season 3 premiere of the popular TV show Scandal\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-b1f29934f1f957b9\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/06\/05\/17\/58710751-10886853-image-a-23_1654448295444.jpg?resize=634%2C951&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Westmoreland appeared in the Season 3 premiere of the popular TV show Scandal\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Westmoreland appeared in the Season 3 premiere of the popular TV show Scandal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group floatRHS\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\" style=\"height: auto;\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-8091ffdcaa3feb34\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/12\/29\/15\/7452222-0-Disney_Channel_s_Andi_Mack_stars_Westmoreland_as_Henry_Ham_Mack_-a-1_1577632097978.jpg?resize=306%2C393&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"393\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Known as grandfather Henry 'Ham' Mack on the children's show Andi Mack, Westmoreland was fired by Disney in December 2018 on the same day he was arrested\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-8091ffdcaa3feb34\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/12\/29\/15\/7452222-0-Disney_Channel_s_Andi_Mack_stars_Westmoreland_as_Henry_Ham_Mack_-a-1_1577632097978.jpg?resize=306%2C393&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"393\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Known as grandfather Henry 'Ham' Mack on the children's show Andi Mack, Westmoreland was fired by Disney in December 2018 on the same day he was arrested\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Known as grandfather Henry &#8216;Ham&#8217; Mack on the children&#8217;s show Andi Mack, Westmoreland was fired by Disney in December 2018 on the same day he was arrested <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Westmoreland, who is bisexual, had previously pleaded not guilty to enticement of a minor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Known as grandfather Henry &#8216;Ham&#8217; Mack on the children&#8217;s show Andi Mack, Westmoreland was fired by Disney in December 2018 on the same day he was arrested. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Disney said in a statement at the time Westmoreland was fired: &#8216;Given the nature of the charges and our responsibility for the welfare of employed minors, we have released him from his recurring role and he will not be returning to work on the series which wraps production on its third season next week. &#8216; <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The series, which has positive viewer ratings on IMDb and Google, takes viewers into the everyday life and drama of 13-year-old Mack, played by Peyton Elizabeth Lee. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His co-stars on the program he worked on for three seasons ranged in age from 14 to 17 years old but the network is most popular with youngsters aged six to 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The series first aired on the Disney Channel in April 2017 and is currently still running. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Westmoreland has also starred in the TV series Scandal, NCIS: Los Angeles, Breaking Bad, Weeds and Gilmore Girls, to name a few.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mol-ads-label-container\"><span class=\"mol-ads-label\">Advertisement<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article: <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney Channel actor Stoney Westmoreland is jailed for two years after being accused of trying to entice a minor into sex Stoney Westmoreland, 52, was arrested in 2018 after trying to meet an investigator who was posing as a 13-year-old teenager on Grindr, police said Westmoreland, who played grandfather &#8216;Ham&#8217; 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