VIRGINIA BRIEFING

In April, Arian finished serving a 57-month prison term for conspiracy. He was expected to be deported but has remained in detention while prosecutors in Alexandria seek his testimony.

Arian twice refused to testify before the grand jury in Alexandria, on Oct. 16, 2007, and on March 20, according to the indictment. His attorney, Jonathan Turley, said after yesterday's hearing that Arian never refused and was negotiating the terms of his cooperation when he was indicted.

His trial is to begin Aug. 13 in U.S. District Court.

-- Ben Hubbard

Swedish Man Sent to Prison

A 41-year-old Swedish man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria to 70 months in prison on charges that he traveled to the United States to have sex with a 14-year-old girl, officials said.

Jesper Lundberg of Jarfalla, Sweden, began a series of e-mail chats with an undercover Arlington County detective in April 2007, court documents show.

Over the next several months, in e-mail chats and recorded phone conversations, Lundberg expressed a desire to have sex with the detective's fictional underage daughter for $400, according to the documents.

On March 20, Lundberg flew to the United States and was arrested at an Arlington hotel, where he had arranged to meet the "father and daughter," court records showed.

-- Daniela Deane