FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
| Date: | May 6, 2024 |
| Contact: | Emily Lowe Public Information Officer 208-287-7700 |
BOISE – Alexander Louie, 34, was sentenced to prison for a felony charge of transferring body fluids containing the HIV virus, among other felony charges.
The Honorable Ada County District Judge Derrick O’Neill sentenced Mr. Louie Friday to a 30-year prison sentence with 16 years fixed before being eligible for parole.
This investigation began in August 2023, as a child enticement case, and expanded to dozens of charges against Mr. Louie. The defendant initially began an online sexual conversation with who he believed was a 15-year-old boy, but was actually an undercover Ada County Sheriff’s Detective. Mr. Louie organized to meet up with the person he believed was the boy for sex, and was arrested.
As the investigation continued, law enforcement uncovered that Mr. Louie, who is HIV positive, was not taking his medication, and purposely having sexual contact with both men and teenage boys in hopes to transfer HIV to them. He lied to these victims about his HIV status. Through the defendant’s own admissions, he had sexual intercourse with 30-50 different men and boys, including a 16-year-old.
“Your conduct would be the Webster’s definition of a predator,” said Judge O’Neill during the defendant’s sentencing Friday.
“This defendant’s repeated and egregious offenses negatively impacted many people in our community,” said Ada County Prosecutor Jan Bennetts. “I want to thank the Ada County Sheriff’s Detective and my trial team. Their hard work on this case ensured Mr. Louie was brought to justice in order to protect our community from his predatory and dangerous conduct.”