A Canadian man faces eight years in prison after pleading guilty to picking up a 12-year-old Kansas girl and taking her out of the state for the purpose of having sex.

Stewart Kenneth Cody McGill, 21, Bewdley, Ontario, pleaded guilty to one count of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

In his plea, he admitted he drove from Canada to El Dorado, Kan., to pick up the girl and have sex with her.

Officers later found McGill and the girl parked on a country road in Michigan. They found text messages on the girl’s cell phone in which McGill indicated he intended to have sex with her and he was aware of her age.

Sentencing is set for April 24. Both parties have agreed to recommend a sentence of eight years in federal prison, followed by five years on supervised release.