ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WUSA9) -- A New Jersey man was sentenced to nine months Friday for travelling to Virginia to have sex with a minor.

Royce DeWeese, 26, of Cherry Hill, NJ, was sentenced to 108 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release.

DeWeese pleaded guilty on September 13. 

Between March and May 2013, DeWeese communicated over the Internet with an undercover HSI agent about plans to travel to Fairfax to have sex with the undercover agent's supposed 10-year-old daughter, according to court documents.

On May 14, 2013, DeWeese traveled from New Jersey to Fairfax where he was arrested.

The investigation was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations. 

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Counties in Maryland and Virginia are cleaning up after heavy snow hit the area on Monday and Tuesday.

Frederick County was one of the hardest hit area, but as Scott Broom reports, it wasn't a knock out blow.

In Montgomery County, schools are racing to reopen tomorrow. As Debra Alfarone reports, MCPS will decide at 4:30 a.m.

Snow day with your kids? Bruce Leshan had some fun today sledding with kids in Fairfax.

Watch the videos for WUSA9's coverage of the storm and its aftermath.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) -- It's not just the NSA - local cops are mining the cell phone data to reveal the location, identity and call information of hundreds of people at a time -- whether they're suspected of criminal activity or not.

Police in DC, Fairfax Co., Montgomery Co. buy cellular spy gear

In a joint investigation with Gannett television stations across the country and USA Today, WUSA9 obtained documents that show police in Fairfax County, Montgomery County and the Metropolitan Police in DC have purchased cell phone spy gear capable of tracking your whereabouts - even if you're not the one being investigated. 

Click here to see the national story on local police using cellular spy gear.

Spy gear called "Cell Site Simulator"