{Owensboro, Kentucky}...A federal jury in Owensboro convicted 45 year old Archie M. Whalen of Bristol, Maine Thursday of transporting a 13 year old Kentucky girl across state lines to engage in sexual activity. Police say, in 2009, Whalen took the girl from her home in Owensboro to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The girl was found a day after an Amber Alert was issued. Officials said Whalen met the girl when she and her mother lived briefly in Maine. Whalen is scheduled for sentencing on October 19th. The maximum penalties are life in prison, a $250,000 fine and supervised release for five years to life.
