US Weekly Journalist Arrested On Sex Charges

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Former Us Weekly gossip columnist Timothy McDarrah, arrested in New York last year by undercover federal agents, has been found guilty of charges related to soliciting sex with a minor.

McDarrah, 44, a former reporter at the Las Vegas Sun, was arrested after being charged with trying to seduce an undercover federal agent posing on the Internet as a 13-year-old girl.

He was convicted Dec. 20 after an eight-day jury trial in New York and faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison, according to court documents.