LAw 0.74=1 or GERALD B. Lnrcounr, P.C. A PROFeSSIONAL CORPORATION 1493 CAST TB" STREET NEW YORE, NEW YORK 10021 ![](_page_0_Picture_1.jpeg) SHERYL E. REICH riBlialloROWEWN:orn RENATO C. STABILE altRINBIeBoustar tom rainy TELEPHONE la 1E)7370400 m ailman July 25, 2007 ### BY HAND Chief of the Criminal Division The United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida 99 NE 4 th Street Miami, Florida 33132 Jeffiry Epstein Dear• Mr. Menthe': U.S.C. We have previously provided you with a memo as to why we believe no charge under 18 §2422(b) could or should be brought against Jeffrey Epstein, even assuming the specific conduct that you have alleged actually occurred. In that memo, we detailed Congress's intent in enacting this statute. We also posited that the language of the statute would have to be stretched beyond recognition to fit the particular facts of Mr. Epstein's ease.' Enclosed is data that strongly supports the arguments we previously made. We have thoroughly analyzed every prosecution brought under the statute for which data could be obtained. Based on that analysis, we submit that the prosecutions actually brought under the statute overwhelmingly confirm the limits to prosecution we have previously identified.2 Principal For several months, we have also been consulting on this matter with Stephanie Thacker, former Deputy Chief, Department of Justice, Child Exploitation & Obscenity Section. Ms. Thacker be supports brought our position without reservation that this is not a matter upon which the federal statues should with her. to bear. Ms. Thacker would also welcome any questions or concerns you would like to raise Please note that the enclosed chart amends the one provided to you earlier this week by adding additional details recently located. ### LAW orricts er GERALD B. Lnrcount. P.C. sup Chief of the Criminal Division The United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida July 25, 2007 Page 2 For example, of the 184 prosecutions §2422(b), in which at least one count alleges a violation of interstate communication in the overwhelming majority of those cases — 160, or over 85% — the "means" of different was the Internet and involved the classic "Internet trolling" — far operations from the behavior alleged here. Of that subset, the vast majority -- 113 -- were "sting" government involving "children" (actually, agents) said to be between 2 and 14 years of age. The were undertaken in each of those instances took every precaution to verify that the defendant's actions "knowingly". case being brought, the extent we can determine the facts, it appears that prior to a there could be no in each instance multiple explicit (and recorded) conversations were had, so was of question as to when the inducement was attempted, whether the inducement . victim. explicit Again, unlawful sexual activity, or what the defendant's belief was as to the age of the this has no applicability to the facts alleged here. The data is informative which in other ways, as well. Though there are a handful of cases in only two the such telephone is one of a multiple of means of interstate communications allegedly used, in means of cases, both far different from the facts here,\[ was the use of the telephone the sole the wrongdoing alleged. In the remaining one of several telephone cases, the §2422(b) count is only like. amongst various charges of possession of child pornography, violence, and the sexual activity The data was from the chart also establish that in the vast majority of the cases brought, no focused on protecting actually consummated. That confirms that prosecutions under 42422(6) are from being the federal interest in preventing the means of interstate communication difficult used to commit crimes, particularly with respect to activities that are traditionally as a "hook" for the state to prosecute. A prosecution predicated on an incidental telephone call used to trigger federal jurisdiction activity in order to punish a defendant for the underlying sexual that have is ever well been out of, brought. not only the mainstream of 42422(6) prosecutions, but all §2422(b) cases Here, the state is fully able to prosecute the conduct alleged. We understand telephone calls were that the government believes it possesses proof that on various occasions allegedly made on Mr. Epstein's behalf by other persons who allegedly As detailed in the introductory section to the chart, among the differences are that those cases pimps who conceded that involve that the arrangements being their made businesses hinged on the use of telephones. Moreover, it is unequivocal are for sexual activity with underage women. ### LAW OFFICCS Of Gam•\*n B LEPcourr. P.C. afialninal Division The United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida July 25, 2007 Page 3 spoke directly or indirectly to women who were under 18. As the message books taken (unlawfully, in our view) during the search of Mr. Epstein's home clearly show, many women initiated government the might interactions by repeatedly calling to schedule massages. If the calls on which the would seek to rely were merely "return" calls, certainly any alleged "inducement" known be by far Mr. from Epstein unambiguous. And of course, the woman who called would have to have been intended to be under 18, and further, Mr. Epstein would have to have known and that a specific sexual activity unlawful under Florida law was being induced. violation Thus, contrary to there being unambiguous proof of the required elements of a §2422(b) in this case, at least the following defects exist: because First, it is hardly the case that every massage resulted in sexual activity. Thus, merely dispute), there such was a telephone call, even one that might have "induced" a massage (which we telephone call is not tantamount statute. to the use of a telephone in violation of the Second, even where a particular massage touching of a woman, we involved masturbation by Mr. Epstein or the law. dispute that any such conduct is a violation of any applicable Florida exampl focused on the evidence which reflects the sworn statement of, for told state investigators 18 and Me that she was asked to find women between Mr. Epstein with topless massages and which sometimes their being involved and touched. Fla. Stat. Ann. §796.07, a general statute which proscribes "prostitution" applicability "lewdness", regardless of whether an adult or minor is involved, is of very limited may be evidence, here. That statute's definition of "prostitution" excludes conduct of which there Section 796.07(1Xa) specifically, defines a man masturbating himself while touching the breasts of another. activity "prostitution" as the giving or receiving of the body for sexual for hirc. "Sexual activity" organ of another is defined to include "the handling or fondling of the sexual situations where a for woman the purpose of masturbation". Thus, "sexual activity" appears to cover masturbates himself is paid to masturbate a man but excludes the situation where the man in the presence of a woman. Any other reading of this statutory would raise constitutional language problems of fair warning, vagueness and lenity. ### LAW o•ICCS or GERALD 13. LEVCOURT. PC Chiefo the Criminal Division The United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida July 25, 2007 Page 4 We are, of course, mindful of the fact that, unbeknownst women were to Mr. Epstein, some of the Mr. Epstein's in fact not yet 18. It is certainly not clear that any state statutes were violated by sexual activity conduct with with any of these women, either. Florida law criminalizes relatively little the laws regulating persons between the ages of 16 and 18. For example, it is not a violation of topless or even naked. sexual activity to receive a massage from a person between 16 and 18 who is between See Fla. Stat. Ann. §800.04 (lewd and lascivious conduct with a child other private the age of 16 and 18). Nor does that statute make it a crime to touch the breasts or committed, which areas we of someone between 16 and 18. Id. And, of course, even if a state crime was could be proven surely do not concede, that does not make out a federal crime, unless it that the defendant knowingly induced an illegal act over the telephone. in what Moreover, may at best, the proof would show that only a small minority of massages resulted even where a possibly massage be characterized as sexual activity with a woman under the age of 18. But did not know involved sexual activity with a woman under 18, to the extent Mr. Epstein Epstein did not the woman was under 18, or the telephone call did not induce the activity, or Mr. the person arranging intend the sexual activity at the time the telephone call arranging the massage, or additional the massage did not intend the sexual activity, there would be multiple barriers to a successful prosecution. merely that Further, he putting aside whether there is sufficient proof that Mr. Epstein knew (and not facts hypothesized "should have" surmised) that any of the women wore in fact under 18, the set of prosecution above has never before provided a legally sufficient predicate for a under §2422(b) - or under any other federal statute. The enclosed chart clearly and compellingly demonstrates alleging a violation that every charge brought of §2422(b) speculative) evidence is characterized by direct (not circumstantial and certainly not interstate communication of the defendant himself (not others on his behalf) using the means of to communicate an unambiguous underage or in the case of inducement to a person known to be behalf of such person) during a sting, represented to be underage (or a person thought to be acting on the very• communication that constitutes federal jurisdiction. the required basis for LAW OF/PICCO OP GERALD B. LEFCOURT. P.C. > FCr e₹ o Criminal Division The United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida July 25, 2007 Page 5 To our knowledge, the current investigation lacks any direct (or even circumstantial) proof that an inducement was made by Mr. Epstein during the pivotal communication the very heart of that is at Epstein any potential §2422(b) charge. Even if the government contends that Mr. separation induced of unlawful sexual activity at some point, face to face, after a telephone call, the the communication and the inducement outside takes Mr. Epstein's alleged misconduct the ambit of federal prosecution. It would be unprecedented chart demonstrates, (and unprincipled), as the doubt both to prosecute Mr. Epstein under §2422(b) absent proof beyond a reasonable that he knew the age of the person and that he intended in that communication induce to sexual activity that is unlawful under Florida law. It would also be unprecedented prosecute Mr. Epstein to direct proof under §2422(b) based on a telephone call made by a third party without that Mr. Epstein intended that telephone call to induce unlawful sexual activity. follow up For all of these reasons, as well as those asserted at the meeting of June 26 and in our charge under letter dated July 6, 2007, as well as our earlier letter of June 25, we submit that no discuss 18 U.S.C. §2422(b) can be brought. If you have any questions or would like to this liuther, we are available. Very truly yours, Alan M. Dershowitz cc: Lilly Ann Sanchez, Esq. ### JEFFREY EPSTEIN ### 18 U.S.C. §2422(b) CASE ANALYSIS CHART A nationwide search of all cases listing charges under 18 U.S.C. §2422(b) underscores the undeniable fact that this statutory provision has been used almost exclusively to apply to situations involving Internet "trolling" involves by sexual communications predators. Out of a total of 184 cases listed in the chart below, the overwhelming majority — 144 cases where using the Internet. Of those cases, 115 involve the classic "Internet Sting" operations either the government or a private organization has focused its investigative efforts on the use of the Internet to lure infants and minors, 3-14 years-old. Of those 115 cases, 71 involved the use of Internet chat rooms. As the chart reflects, the circumstances under which this statute has been applied invariably involved communications containing an explicit inducement — if not many — to the minor to engage in sex, and reflect the defendant's clear knowledge of the age of the minor. Notably out of the184 cases, only 2 cases involve the use of only the telephone. Both of those cases involve charges against pimps using phones to arrange appointments for prostitutes. In addition, both of those cases involve violence and pimps who admitted to using phones to further their business ventures. Moreover, in both cases many other factors, including the distribution of narcotics, use of force and possession of firearms were present. See U.S. v. Evans, 476 F.3d 1176 (11th Cir. 2007); U.S. v. Phillips, 165 Fed. Appx. 677 (10th Cir. 2006). In addition, the telephone and not the Internet served as the "facility or instrument" of interstate commerce in 4 foreign travel sting operation cases geared towards "sex tourism". Out of the 184 cases listed below, only 17 involved actual sexual activity, 6 of them by use of force. It is also clear that in no case — other than U.S. v. Howard, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67214 (W.D.N.C. 2006) (co-conspirator pimps in prostitution ring) — was there a successful charge of conspiracy based on §2422(b). See, Cir. e.g., U.S. v. Pisman, 443 F.3d 912 (sr Cir. 2006) (2423(b) conspiracy); U.S. v. Pipkins, et al., 378 F.3d 1281 (11th 2004) (RICO conspiracy); U.S. v. Hornaday, 392 F.3d 1306 (11\`" Cir. 2004) (conspiracy charge was error); U.S. v. Jackson. 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33639 (D. Neb. 2007) (state conspiracy charge dropped because no conspiracy possible with undercover agent); U.S. v. Bianchi, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90073 (E.D. Pa. 2006) (2423(e) conspiracy). | br( | | ' | FACILITY
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Cir | . v. Dewire
U
S
,
271
F
3d
333
(1"
Cir
2001) | | Internet | instant
AOL
(1M)
message
communication
with
"12
yr-old";
sexually
explicit
conversation
the
, at
end
of
which
defendant
arranged
to
"12
meet
yr-old"
at
restaurant
In
a
reality
communications
with
adult
were
an
swim
team
coach
who
had
been
using
the
girl's
computer;
coach
turned
print
of
out
conversation
police
to
who
over
observed
defendant
entering
and
leaving
the
restaurant
and
arrested
him
Sentence
13
months;
appeals
conviction
&
sentence
Affirmed | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated
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for
meeting
up | | s
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U.S.
,
2006
U
S
App
LEXIS
32373
(1st
Cir
2006);
vacating
377
F
3d
49
(In
Cir
2004) | Unpublished | Internet | -;,.qaai•!
'
a
of
email
by
use
45
yr-old
male
to
proposition
4
16
yr-old
girls&
under
one
16
yrs-old
to
in
engage
with
him;
sex
defendant
pretended
to
be
19
yr-old
and
sent
numerous
graphic
emails
asking
minors
for
also
sex;
sent
sexually
charged
images
them
to
— including
couple
engaging
in
and
sex
erect
an
penis
Sentence
vacated
in
light
of
Booker | •:).
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2422(6);
1470;
14
62
No
Information | | 2nd
Cir | U
S
. v. Friedman
,
139
Fed
Appx
330
(2nd
Cir
2005) | Unpublished | Internet | Email
communications
with
actual
14
yr
old;
defendant
arranged
to
meet
and
actually
met
14
yr-old
girl
and
engaged
in
"sexual
touching";
interrupted
by
security
guard
at
mall;
instant
messages
reflected
defendant's
intention
to
present
himself
to
the
meeting
upon
14
yr-old
in
aroused
an
state
they
once
met;
defendant
found
with
condoms
in
his
car;
&
when
arrested
photos
found
were
on
his
digital
camera,
of
which
one
he
had
sent
to
the
14
yr-old
via
email
Conviction
affirmed
but
81
month
sentence
vacated
to
be
reconsidered
in
light
of
Booker | 2422(6);
2423(6)
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,
417
F
3d
336
(2nd
Cir
2005) | | Internet
Sting | AOL
IM
chats
(over
6)
between
45
yr-
old
male
from
San
Francisco
and
"II
yr-
old
male"
in
NYC;
discussed
in
graphic
language
the
kinds
of
previous
sexual
activity
he
had
engaged
in
with
other
minor
and
males
those
he
planned
to
in
with
the
"11
yr-old"
engage
;
defendant
arranged
the
"boy"
to
meet
at
a hotel
in
NYC;
talked
on the
telephone
twice
(calls
recorded);
requested
photos
verify
to
made
detailed
plan
for
age;
"11
yr-old"
skip
to
school
and
stay
with
him
hotel
at
in
NYC;
defendant
"1
sent
I
yr
old"
his
flight
and
hotel
information
and
waited
for
"boy"
in
hotel
where
room
arrested;
police
found
defendant
with
sexual
paraphernalia
CD
and
in
computer
containing
child
which
had
been
porn
created
from
images
downloaded
from
defendant's
computer
210
month
sentence
remanded
be
to | 2422(h);
2423(b);
2252A(a)(
I
)
Consummated
Not
Showed
meeting
up at | | | | | | reconsidered
in
light
U
S
of
. v. Crosby
,
397
F
3d
(2d
103
Cir
2005) | | | • 1"
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U.S.
,
128
Fed
Appx
827
(2nd
Cir
2005) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | Defendant
drove
170
miles
engage in
to
sexual
activities
with
"13
yr-old"
after
engaging
in
1M
chats
, and
telephone
conversations;
N
chats
Defendant
found
be
in
possession
to
of
graphic
photographs
Defendant
also
engaged
in
IM
chats
with
"14
yr-old"
during
which
he
expressed
desire
travel
her;
to
to
meet
IM
also
other
chats
where
defendant
described
"coaching"
high-school
girls
in
sexual
photo
of
terms;
grown man
masturbating
in
front
of
a 2
yr-old
"Addictive"
of
Internet
nature
communications
with
minor
warranted
pre-trial
detention
and
revocation
of
bond | 2422(b);
2423(b)
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Consummated | | ,,,,,,,- -, , | ;
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,
467
F
3d
179
(2nd
Cir
2006) | | Internet
aga | Internet
chat
room; civilian
posing
as
"13
yr-old
girl"
in
"I
Love
Older
Men"
chat
room; defendant
proposed
they
meet
and
he
"hug"
her
and
they
could
fool
around
and
"do
it
all";
offered
"teach
to
her"
how
have
to
sex and
"how
be
to
a
woman";
civilian
turned
chats
over to
police;
defendant
used
the
telephone
to
plan
and
for
arrange to
meet
sex; arrested
when
he
showed
up. Police
found
child
porn on his
and
computer
condoms
in
his
car. | 2422(6);
2423(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
meeting
up at | | | U
S
. v Miller
,
148
F
3d
207
(2'
Cir
1998) | | Neither
,
possibly
cell
phone
&
beepers | Gang
members;
pimp
recruited
underage
girls
for
prostitution
and
traveled
interstate
with
them | 2422(6);
2423(b)
No
Information | | | U
S
. v. Johnson
221
F
83
3d
(2nO
Cir
2000) | | Internet | Internet
with
3
contact
minor
separate
girls
and
traveled
to
engage in
illegal
sexual
conduct
Pled
guilty
travel
to
from
MA
NY;
to
VA
MD;
&
to
VA
MI
to
to
13
meet
yr
olds
&
have
sex; and
convincing
minor
travel
from
to
MD
VA
have
to
to
oral
sex
with
him;
all
through
the
Internet
Pled
guilty
— 88
month
sentence
Affirmed | 2422(b);
2423(b);
2252(a)(1)
&
(a)(4)(B)
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Cir.
315 F.3d 206 (3rd
2003) | | Internet | Internet chat
room"GirlsandOlderGuys"; 30 yr-old
contacted minor in chat room; met actual
15 year-old in chat room; arranged to
have her travel to meet him; they met
and engaged in sexual acts. Also
attempted to meet other minors online to
engage in sexual activity; transmitted
child porn online.
Pled guilty to 2252A and 2422(b) and
sentenced to 57 months; appealed
sentence requiring supervised release
condition requiring random polygraph
testing. Affirmed. | 2252A(a)(l) & (b)( I);
(a)(5)(B) & (b)(2);
2423(b);
2422(b)
Consummated | | | U.S. v. Awwad,
184 Fed. Appx. 201 (3"
Cir. 2006) | Unpublished | Internet
sling | Case involved typical Internet sting
operation. No specific facts available. | 2422(b); 2423(b)
Not Consummated | | U.S. v. Hlavac,
Slip Copy, 2006 WL
3368897 (3rd
Cir. 2006) | Slip Copy
Not for
Publication | No
Information | Defendant arrested for having sex with a
2 yr-old who was offered by the mother.
Appealed 240 month sentence. Affirmed. | 2422(b); 2423(b)
Consummated | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | U.S. v. Garcia,
Slip Copy, 2007 WL
986874 (3'd
Cir. 2007);
see also U.S. v. Garcia,
2005 WL 1862409 (M.D.
Pa. 2005)(Unpublished)
infra | Slip Copy
Not for
Publication | Internet | 56 yr-old male met 14 yr-old on
Internet; traveled to meet her for sex
and had sex with her.
Pled guilty but appealed 100 month, 5yr
supervision & fines. Affirmed. | 2422(b); 2423(b)
Consummated | | U.S. v. Tykarsky,
446 F.3d 458 (3'd
Cir.
2006) | | Internet
Sting | Internet chat room "Iloveoldermen2";
defendant initiated IM chat with "14 yr
old"; indicated interest in having sex
with her; contacted the "14 yr-old" on at
least 8 different dates& described in
explicit detail sexual acts he hoped to
perform with her; asked "14 yr-old" for
photo; during Internet chat defendant
arranged to meet "14 yr-old" at a hotel
and described sexual acts he intended to
engage in with her; defendant showed up
at hotel and arrested.
Actual minor not required; maximum
sentencing provided by PROTECT Act
remanded because conduct occurred
before effective date of the Act (April 30,
2003). | 2422(b);
2423(b)
Not Consummated
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Cir | U
S
. v. Bray
,
133
Fed
Appx
80
(4'h
Cir
2005) | Unpublished | | Challenge
to
sentence
of
168
and
180
months
for
2
counts
of
2422(b)
conviction
and
60
month
conviction
for
marijuana
possession
— all
but
24
months
be
to
alternative
concurrent
or
sentence
of
204
months
affirmed
- court
sentence | 2422(b);
21
USC
841
(marijuana
possession
)
No
Information | | | U
S
. v. Taylor
,
6
Fed
Appx
174
(4th
Cir
2001) | Slip
Copy
Not
for
Publication | No
Information | No
information
Appealed
71
month
sentence
Affirmed | 2422(b);
2423(b)
No
Information | | | U
S
. v. Kaye
Slip
Copy
432007
WL
,
1978226
(4\`h
Cir
2007) | Slip
Copy
Not
for
Publication | Internet
Sting
by
private
organization | Internet
communications
by
54
yr-old
male
with
"13
yr-old
male";
defendant
told
"13
yr-old"
he
"prowling
for
was
men"
the
Internet;
young
defendant
on
emailed
explicit
photos
of
himself
naked
and
having
oral
with
another
sex
male;
defendant
engaged
in
several
sexually
explicit
chats
with
"14
yr-old";
arranged
to
"14
meet
yr-old"
for
when
sex;
defendant
arrived
he
by
met
was
"Dateline"
instead
Conviction
crew
&
sentence
affirmed | 2422(b);
2423(b)
Not
Consummated | | | | | | | | | 'Ir.
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Cir | U
S'
. v. Earner
,
251
F
3d
(5'h
510
Cir
2001) | | Internet
Sting | Defendant
"I4
met
yr-old"through
1M
chat;
defendant
kept
in
contact
with
her
through
Internet
and
attempted
to
entice
"14
yr-old"
have
to
sexual
relations
with
him;
engaged
in
IM
chats
and
telephone
conversations
for
three
months;
through
Internet
arranged
to
meet
at
restaurant
to
have
drove
to
sex;
restaurant
and
was
arrested | 2422(6)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | | | | Legal
impossibility
a defense
not | | | | U
S
. v. Cherian
,
Fed
58
Appx
596
(5'"
Cir
2003) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
"Mom
room
and
Daughter
Sex";
defendant
initiated
conversations
with
"mother
of
13
yr-old";
13
over
months
communicated
with
her
relating
sexually
explicit
details
of
sex
experiences
and
preferences
with
the
"13
yr-old";
arranged
to
"13
meet
yr-old"
for
and
sex
arrested
when
he
showed
up.
Conviction
affirmed | 2422(b);
2423(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | . v. Berger
U
S
,
119
Fed
Appx
658
(5'h
Cir
2005) | Unpublished | No
Information | No
information
Pled
guilty
2422(6);
to
appealed
plea
and
sentence
Appeal
dismissed | 2422(6)
No
Information | | Ire
- | 47
- -•
a | | | . ,
\_ | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | U
S
v
. Ixaorre
,
61
Fed
Appx
557
(5"
Cir
2003) | Unpublished | No
Information | No
information
Sentence
restriction
that
prohibits
defendant
from
"visiting
any
areas near schools
day-care
centers"
,
after
release
from
105
imprisonment
affirmed | 242204;
2423(6)
No
Information | | U
S
. v. Armendariz
,
451
F
3d
352
(5th
Cir
2006) | | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
room"Lil
Boys
for
Older
Men";
38
yr-old
man entered
&
contacted
minor
"boy"
through
chat
room describing
sexual
he
encounters
would
like
have
with
to
the
"boy";
claimed
he
would
like
teach
to
the
"boy"
how
perform
to
sexually;
later
used
phone
to
continue
and
contact
arranged
for
to
meet
sex; arrested
when
he
showed
up for
the
meeting
Computer
analysis
showed
that
he
had
corresponded
with
at
least
4-5
other
actual
minor
males
but
had
never attempted
have
to
sex w/
them
Government
contested
failure
require
to
supervision
upon release
after
60
month
sentence;
sentence
vacated
and
remanded
be
did
court
consider
not
the
guidelines
in
requiring
not
release | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | | 4-1 14\*Z PIVI
:e.6 | | i, | | | --------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | --------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | | U.S. v. Wise
447
F
2006) | ,
3d
440
(5ih
Cir | | Internet | Internet
chat
38
yr-old
room;
from
Texas
established
Internet
contact
with
13
yr-old;
defendant
lied
about
his
age
because
he
knew
13
yr-old
was not
interested
in
sexual
relationship
with
someone his
age; IM
chats
and
telephone
got
more and
more sexually
explicit;
defendant
and
13
yr-old
discussed
talked
they
would
sex acts
perform
together;
defendant
asked
her
send
to
explicit
nude
photos
of
herself;
arranged
travel
to
to
for
sex and
meet
recorded
encounters;
least
met
3
on at
separate
occasions
and
performed
sexual
&
took
acts
non-sexual
&
sexual
photos
Contested
168
month
because
sentence
of
"grouping"
in
pre-sentence
report.
Affirmed | 2422(6);
2423(b)
Consummated | | •';
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Cir | . v. Smith
U
S
,
20
Fed
Appx
(6th
412
Cir
2001) | Unpublished | Internet | ,
Internet
and
telephone
communications
between
42
yr-old
an d16
yr-old
girl;
the
two
and
met
had
sexual
relations;
when
the
16
yr-old
tried
end
the
to
relationship
the
defendant
threatened
,
and
physically
abused
hergirl;
police
in
undercover
investigation
engage
Challenged
use of
prior
felony
convictions
to
enhance
sentencing
to
150
months
Affirmed |
,

,
,
2422(6);
2423(6);
2252
Consummated | | | U
S
. v. First
,
Slip
Copy
2007
WL
,
1700818
(66'
Cir
2007) | Slip
Copy
Not
for
Publication | Interne(
sling | Internet
communications
between
defendant
and"mother
of
under
age
girls";
defendant
expressed
interest
in
having
with
"daughters";
arranged
sex
to
meet;
arrested
when
he
showed
up after
attempting
to
and
hit
officer
with
escape
his
car.
Pled
guilty;
contested
144
month
&
10
yr. supervision
sentence
Affirmed | 2422(b);
2423(b)
2241O;
2241e;
I
I
1
(assault
of
officer)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | 4
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S
. v. Yokeley
,
Slip
Copy
2007
WL
,
1958627
(6ih
Cir
2007) | Slip
Copy
Not
for
Publication | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
"moms
older
room
want
for
dau
";
men
approached
"mother
of
12
&
9
yr-olds"
for
with
all
three;
sex
graphic
conversations
with
"12
yr-old"
about
having
oral
with
her
&
getting
sex
her
"9
yr-old"
sister
to
participate;
used
telephone
finalize
to
arrangements
to
for
meet
with
"girls"
&
sex
told
them
to
get
morning
after
pill
because
he
did
not
want
to
condom;
wanted
use
be
to
first
sexual
partner
of
the
"12
yr-old";
arrested
when
he
showed
up.
Pled
guilty;
contests
108
month
sentence
Affirmed | , • a
2422(h);
2423(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | U
S
. v. Salazar
,
185
Fed
Appx
484
(6th
Cir
2006) | Unpublished | No
Information | No
information
Consolidation
of
2
cases
defendant
- New
same
Mexico
&
Michigan
grand
jury
charges
of
2422(a)
&
(b);
2423(6)
&
2251
Pled
guilty
without
reservation
to
challenge
constitutionality
of
PROTECT
Act
Act
found
constitutional
and
conviction
affirmed | 2422(a)
&
(b);
2423(b);
2251(a)
No
Information | | COUR
T
| CASES | \_ | . .,
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S
. v. Fuller
,
77
Fed
Appx
371
(6'h
Cie
2003) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | Defendant
engaged
in
Internet
IM
chats
with
adult
women which
he
continued
with
telephone
contact;
women reported
him
police
to
because
of
his
preoccupation
with
having
sex with
minors;
police
conducted
Internet
sting
operation;
defendant
began
IM
&
telephone
communications
with
"14
yr
old"
described
explicit
sexual
acts,
including
mother/daughter
sex; sent
photos
of
women having
sex with
dogs;
arranged
meeting
a
with
"14
yr-old"
to
have
sex; arrested
when
he
showed
up.
Challenged
sentence
of
135
months
&
2
year supervision
Affirmed | 2422(6);
2252(a)(1);
(a)(4)(B)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | U
S
. v. Kiser
,
104
Fed
Appx
479
(6th
Cir
2004) | Unpublished | Internet | Internet
chat
room; 32
yr-old
16
met
year-old;
engaged
in
IM
and
telephone
communications
containing
graphic
descriptions
of
sexual
desires
&
role
playing;
mother
found
daughter
in
motel
with
defendant
room
and
called
police;
this
appeal
was
of
the
court's
refusal
to
ask
jurors
during
voir
dire
if
they
thought
that
16
year-old
a
could
seduce
adult
an
Court
found
no
error. | 2422(b)
Consummated | | COVRT: | :
-
° • | 7, |
CILITY
t | , "
., ,
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CHARGE | | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | U.S. v. Chriswell
,
401
F
3d
459
(6ih
Cir
2005) | | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
'
11
Love
Older
room
Men";
52
yr-old
"14
met
yr-old"
in
chat
engaged
in
least
at
14
explicit
room;
sexual
conversations;
arranged
to
meet
and
arrested
when
he
showed
up.
Appeals
2
level
enhancement
of
sentence
because
undercover
agent
actual
was not
minor;
agreed
court
with
defendant
and
reversed
and
remanded | 2422(6);
2423(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | U
S
. v. Hamm
,
400
F
3d
336
(6th
Cir
2005) | | Internet
aim | Internet
chat
"I
do
older
room
wanna
men";
27
yr-old
initiated
conversation
with
"14
yr-old";
defendant
expressed
desire
have
to
sexual
relations
with
her
&
her
sent
buy
to
a plane
ticket
in
money
order
to
him
for
meet
sexual
activity
Arrested
when
he
went
to
airport
to
pick
her
up.
Pled
guilty
and
challenged
33
month
sentence
because
failed
court
to
recognize
its
ability
depart
to
downward
from
the
guidelines;
sentence
vacated | 2422(b);
2423(b)
Consummated
Not
Showed
up for
meeting | | Sit | ,.

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,
77
Fed
Appx
772
(6i°
Cir
2003) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
with
"14
contact
room
yr
old";
defendant
asked
"14
yr-old"
if
she
would
perform
oral
on him
and
told
sex
her
he
wanted
to
touch
her
under
her
clothes;
arranged
to
meet
at
a restaurant
Arrested
when
showed
he
up.
Pled
guilty
but
challenged
sentence
base
offense
level
computation;
court
affirmed
24
month
&
2
supervision
year | 2422(h)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | U
S
. v. McCall
,
79
Fed
Appx
795
(6'h
Cir
2003) | Unpublished | Jnternet
Stine | Internet
chat
initiated
room;
communication
with
"15
yr-old";
FBI
took
and
continued
communications
over
as "13
yr-old";
defendant
indicated
he
wanted
in
to
sexual
intercourse
engage
with
"13
yr-old"
and
arranged
to
meet;
arrested
the
at
meeting
place | 2422(b);
2243(a)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up at
meeting | | | | | | His
revealed
computer
contact
with
at
least
3
actual
minors;
charged
with
2243(a)and
2422(b);
pled
guilty
to
2423
in
exchange
for
dropping
2422
charge;
challenged
court's
failure
depart
to
downward;
appellate
dismissed
court
for
lack
of
jurisdiction
because
judge
knew
that
she
could
depart
downward | | | {nv | , | | 4
th
I
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:
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S
. v. Bailey
,
228
F
3d
637
(6th
Cir
2000) | | Internet | Defendant
contacted
minors
through
j"'T
'
-77
SS
Internet;
used
graphic
language
describing
how
he
wanted
perform
to
oral
them
and
sex
urged
them
on
to
meet
him;
asked
for
photos
of
minors;
admitted
to
trying
to
set
up meetings
for
with
other
minors
but
sex
said
they
never
took
place
Guilty
of
attempt
to
the
Internet
use
to | .- 2(b:
aks242
74;11-
Not
Consummated | | | U
S
. v. Coppedge
,
12
Fed
Appx
270
(6"
Cir | Unpublished | Computer | persuade
, etc

Pled
guilty
to
using
computer
to
entice
a
minor
&
2423(b);
challenged
57
month | 2422(h)
and
2423(b) | | | 2001)
U
S
. v. Champion
,
248
F
3d
502
(6th
Cir
2001) | | Internet
(involves
kidnapping) | &
3
supervision
year
Affirmed
sentence
Internet
chat
met
13
room;
year-old
in
intemet
chat
whiled
room
pretending
to
be
19
yrs-old;
took
her
interstate;
sexually
molested
her
3
day
period
over
and
held
her
against
her
will | 2422(6);
2423(a);
2251(a)
and
2252A)(4)(B) | | | | | | Pled
guilty;
challenged
sentence
enhancement
offender
and
as
career
as
violent
crime;
affirmed
court
sentence | Consummated/
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,
(6"
Cir
555
Fed
Appx
8
2001) | Unpublished | | Challenged
presented
information
No
his
3
special
condition
to
application
of
his
serving
after
release
year supervised
that
he
month
not
possess a
53
sentence
because
affirmed
computer;
court
condition
the
at
agreed
defendant
to
pre
hearing
sentence | 2252A
2422(b);
Information
No | | | . v. Humphrey
S
U
,
Cir
1
(6"
Appx
146
Fed
2005) | Unpublished | Wu
In
et
Sting | the
through
up a meeting
defendant
setg
engage in
traveled
and
to
Internet
sex
mother"
their
yr-olds
&
with
&
12
"7
sentencing;
Challenged
guilty
Pled
because
sentencing
reversed
court
a "pre
under
was issued
sentence
regime
Booker" | 2422(6);
2423(b)
Consummated
Not
up for
meeting
Showed | | | | | | | | | 7
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S
U
,
Cir
(7"
3d
943
345
F
2003
) | Internet
Sting | citizen
room; British
chat
met
Internet
repeatedly
room; he
chat
in
"15
yr-old"
having
her
into
attempted
entice
sex
to
another
about
and
boasted
with
him
in
yr-old"
with
a "15
relationship
agreed
finally
yr-old"
when
"15
Florida;
Chicago
Belfast
from
defendant
flew
to
when
in
hotel
purpose; arrested
for
that
Police
the
hug
&
kiss
agent.
he
tried
to
video
camera set-up
to
condoms;
found
defendant's
home
hotel
film
in
room; at
graphic
sexually
found
police
defendant
and
communications
between
minors
other
the
judge's
challenged
Government
based
sentencing
in
downward
departure
condition
and
on defendant's
heart
make
capacity
diminished
severely
to | 2422(b)
Consummated
Not
meeting
up for
Showed | | | | | deportable
alien
and
judgments
good
and
vacated
the
sentence
court
status;
remanded | | | | | | | | | . iu:Sc.t ".' i
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,
F
3d
—
—,
2007
WL
1892821
(7th
Cir
2007) | Slip
Copy
for
Publication | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
room "
9SeXy
HiGh
SchOol
HoTTiEs\*"
; 48
yr-old
man
communicated
with
"15
yr-old"
by
Internet
&
later
by
telephone
for
months;
graphic
very
sexually
explicit
conversations;
defendant
tried
to
teach
"15
yr-old"
how
to
seduce
her
friend;
told
her
he
wanted
have
to
with
her
sex
&
her
friend
and
wanted
to
take
photos
&
make
movie;
a
arranged
to
for
meet
arrested
sex;
when
he
showed
up.
Affirmed | 2422(6);
2423(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
for
meeting
up | | 6
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443 F.3d 912 (7th
Cir.
2006)
***Conspiracy charge*** | | Internet | 25 Internet chats between defendant and
co-conspiratorPisman ; the two were
involved in a sexual relationship & made
plans for defendant to travel to meet with
co-conspirators & others to engage in
sex; more than one of those were minor
boys. Co-conspirator had been the one
to contact the minors so he was charged
with 2422(b), defendant was charged
with conspiracy to travel under 2423(b). | Conspiracy to travel
2423(b) and (e);
Wilkerson with
2422(6)
,-
No Imormation | | | | | | Jury acquitted defendant of conspiracy to
travel but found him guilty of 2422(b)
violation. | | | | | | | Court remanded for resentencing because
of court's downward departure in P's
sentence. | | | | k'',4 | -.- • | , | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | | U
S
. v. Lovaas
,
241
F
3d
900
(7th
Cir
2001) | | Internet
Sting | Email
messages with
"14
yr-old"
boy
asked
for
photos
and
photos
sent
of
young boys
engaging
in
sex &
sent
underwear;
police
obtained
permission
to
search
house
from
wife
and
found
over
1800
images
of
minors
engaging
in
sexual
activity;
defendant
confessed
to
having
had
prior
sexual
with
contact
other
minors
Pled
guilty
2252;
to
offense
level
based
on "pattern";
defendant
challenged
and
requested
downward
departure
because
he
volunteered
info
about
other
crimes;
affirmed
court | 242204
&
2252(a)(1)
&
(a)(4)(B)
Not
Consummated | | 442Int& | i-44±4
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Sar i | . -;;- i''
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i:
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• | | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | U
S
. v. Shutic
,
274
F
3d
1123
(7'h
Cir
2001) | | Internet
Sting | ,
Internet
chat
room "Male
for
Barely
Legal
Female";
initiated
conversation
with
"14
yr-old";
6
month
period
over
sent
51
images
of
over
people
engaged
in
sexual
intercourse
&
discussed
plans
to
meet
to
in
intercourse;
engage
defendant
flew
from
his
home
in
OH
IN
to
but
returned
home
when
he
unmarked
saw
police
defendant
cars;
attempted
to
meet | la
2422(b)
2243(a)
and
,
2252A(a)(1)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | | | | "14
yr-old"
again
but
arrested
when
was
he
showed
defendant
had
up;
also
made
contact
with
another
"minor"
and
had
scheduled
meeting
for
sex. | | | | | | | Pled
guilty
but
challenged
his
sentence
based
court's
refusal
on
to
counts
group
of
child
pornography
claiming
they
involved
the
primary
victim
same
—
society
Affirmed | | | 't.Th | ""•:
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ia
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234 F.3d 326 (7'h
Cir.
2000) | | Internet
Sting | Father discovered suspicious activity on
son's computer and reported to the FBI;
via sting operation defendant met "13
year-old" boy online; told boy he loved
him & would take care of him; sexually
explicit conversations; offered to give
boy money & gifts in exchange for his
address & phone number; in another
sting by FBI, defendant ordered sexually
explicit materials involving minors &
advised to hold delivery because he was
going to Mexico for 8 days "to play with
the boys"; arrested when he came back
from Mexico. | 2252(a)(2),
2253(a)(4)(B); 2422(b)
Not Consummated | | | | | | Appealed his sentence and conviction;
sentenced to325 months for 2252 and
120 months for 2422(b) & registration as
sex offender; court affirmed but
remanded for sentencing because he did
not have notice regarding sex offender
registration. | | | | Doe, el al. v. Smith, et al.,
470 F.3d 331 (7ih
Cir.
2006) | | | Molestation of minor student by school
dean. | 2422(b)
Consummated | | | | | | | | | | | | , | | | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | | 13ffi
Cir | U
S
. v. Rayl
, | Internet | Internet | | | | 270
F
3d
709
Cir | | chat
room; "Pen-pal"
email | 2422(b);
2252(a); | | | (8i6
2001) | | initiated
contact
by
defendant
pretending
be
15
to | 2252A(a)(l)
and | | | | | year-old
girl
whose
fattier
was
her | (a)(5)(B) | | | | | teaching
have
to
sex; arranged
to
meet | | | | | | underaged
victim
in
mall
but
defendant
showed | Not | | | | | up instead
&
told
victim
that
"15 | Consummated/Force | | | | | year-old"
could
make
not
it;
took
victim
hotel
to | to
have
victim
pose for | | | | | , threatened
her
with
knife
forced
her
take
to | naked
photos | | | | | clothes
off
,
and
took
photos;
showed
her | | | | | | photos
of
other
young girls;
continued
send | | | | | | to
increasingly
hostile
emails | | | | | | trying
to
get
her
have
to
sex; defendant | | | | | | appealed
sufficiency
of
evidence
of | | | | | | , credibility
witness
and
also
challenged | | | | | | government's
introduction
of | | | | | | pediatrician
that
photos
were of
under
18 | | | | | | yr-olds
Affirmed | | | , | | 4, | 0
Ts
4
+ | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | | Dickson
U.S. v.
,
149
Fed
Appx
543
(8'h
Cir
)
, | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
IM
room;
chats
between
47
yr-old
and
"15
man
yr-old";
exchanged
addresses
and
defendant
asked
"15
yr-old"
to
him
meet
in
hotel
a
parking
lot
his
house;
near
defendant
told
her
he
wanted
to
make
love
to
her;
when
"15
yr-old"
stated
she
had
experience
no
defendant
asked
if
he
could
teach
her;
arrested
when
he
went
to
her
meet
at
the
hotel
parking
lot | -
Cr
2422(b)
Not
Consummated
- | | U
S
Little
. v.
,
485
F
3d
1210
(8th
Cir
2007) | | Internet
afillg | Appeals
his
conviction
and
60
month
sentence
Affirmed
Internet
chat
IM
room;
chats
during
which
defendant
arranged
to
have
sex | 2422(6) | | | | | with
minor;
arrested
when
he
showed
up
at
the
park
There
evidence
was
that
the
defendant
had
previously
attempted
to
in
engage
online
sex
conversations
with
12
&
13
yr-old
girls
prior
to
the
sting
operation
that
resulted
in
his
The
arrest
government
contested
his
release
bail
on
for
60
days
before
his
self-surrender
Court
vacated
order
and
remanded
for
issuance
of
bench | Not
Consummated
Showed
for
up
meeting | | Sti
ryir | '4 14ilfrem\*, X 4,- % t: M -1io-
frCt
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4: | | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | U.S. v. Blazek
,
431
F
3d
1104
(8'h
Cir
2005) | | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
"male-to-male";
room
conversations
for
15
months;
gave
detailed
description
of
how
he
would
give
graphic
massage;
sexual
conversations
discussed
oral
and
sex
,
suggested
a 3-way
with"15
yr-old's"
friend;
and
arranged
to
for
meet
sex;
arrested
at
meeting
and
computer
search
revealed
child
pornography
Appealed
conviction
&
sentence
claiming
not
actual
minor
and
insufficient
evidence
Affirmed
because
attempt
charge
does
not
require
actual
minor
235
month
sentence
affirmed
because
enhancement
applied
to
of
undercover
"minor
use
victim" | af
ng i
a3:?: -AR
2422(b)
2423(b)
,
,
2252(a)(2)
and
(A)(4)(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | c | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | U
S
. v. Naiden
,
424
F
3d
718
(8'
Cir
2005) | Internet
EtiIgi | Internet
chat
"IluvOlderMen";
room
during
chats
defendant
asked
"14
year
old"
for
photos;
asked
if
she
a virgin
was
and
if
she
would
visit
him
to
where
come
her
"virginity
would
be
over";
arranged
to
meet
to
have
and
told
her
sex
they
would
in
a few
many
repeatedly
years;
told
her
that
important
to
keep
was
this
a
he
secret;
sent
her
for
ticket;
money
arrested
when
he
went
to
pick
her
up at
the
train
station | 2422(b);
2423(6)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | | Challenged
lower
court's
refuseal
to
allow
his
friend
to
testify
that
he
did
not
believe
the
victim
actually
14
was
yrs
old
Appellate
affirmed
court
because
if
it
had
been
even
not
to
error
allow
testimony
, which
it
not
there
was
was
,
overwhelming
evidence
of
his
belief
that
she
14
yrs-old
was | | | -;"COHRT;
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-
:finik 4;acIale.40,
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S
. v. Hicks
457
F
3d
838
(8th
Cir
2006)
, overruled
Helder
452
F
3d
751
, | | Internet
Stine | defendant
initiated
Internet
conversation
with
"13
yr-old"
followed
by
telephone
calls;
stated
he
interested
was
in
having
vaginal
intercourse
with
"13
yr-
old"minor
&
willing
was
to
travel
from
FL
to
Kansas
City;
arrested
when
he
arrived
at
airport
Government
appealed
dismissal
of
indictment
Appellate
court
reversed
because
actual
minor
not
required | 2422(b);
2423(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
for
meeting
up | | | U
S
. v. D'Andrea
,
473
F
3d
859
(8ih
Cir
2007) | | Internet
ing
St | Internet
chat
and
room
telephone
communications
with
"13
year-old";
defendant
made
plans
to
travel
for
sex;
did
with
same
another
undercover
agent;
times
many
masturbated
in
from
of
webcam;
arrested
at
meeting
place | 2422(b);
2252(6)(2)
Not
Consummated | | | | | | Police
found
nightgown
condoms
,
,
lubricant
&
video
camera,
&
computer
equipment;
search
warrant
obtained
for
computer
revealed
other
many
similar
"chats"
and
child
pornography
Defendant
challenged
government
enhancement
for
"uncharged
conduct"
including
similar
other
chats
&
sex
exchange
of
sexually
explicit
photos
with
12
17
and
14
year-old
girls
Appellate
,
court
affirmed | Showed
for
meeting
up | | QUW/":
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,
482
F
3d
1013
(8ih
Cir
2007) | | .':,;
Internet | 1PrWW:":,
gi ,
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Internet
chat
met
12
room;
year-old
in
chat
communicated
room;
via
Internet
&
telephone;
traveled
have
to
and
did;
sex
time
at
arrested
lie
20
&
girl
was
14;
was
pled
guilty
to
2423(b)
charge
&
government
agreed
drop
to
2422(6)
charge;
received
30
month
sentence
Government
appealed
Reversed
due
to
factors
such
anguish
caused
as
parents
(father
had
warned
Garate
several
times
leave
to
daughter
alone
when
he
found
out
about
the
communications) | ''
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'"'
2422(b);
2423(b)
Consummated | | | U
S
v. Patten
,
397
F
3d
1100
(8th
Cir
2005) | | Internet
sling | 2
Internet
Chat
communications
room
&
I
telephone
conversation
, explicit
sexual
conversations;
arranged
to
meet;
arrested
at
meeting
place | 2422(b);
2423(b)
Not
Consurnmated | | | | | | 15
month
sentence
and
sufficiency
of
evidence
challenged
appeal
on
Affirmed | Showed
up for
meeting | | 15--T
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a
l
a | ic
.,;(
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: .'
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,,,.
tiera
,
V
. aka% | " .:,. | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION
' | CHARGE | | --------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | | | U
S
. v. Leach
,
2007
U
S
App
LEXIS
14832
(8ih
Cir
2007) | | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
conversations
with
room
"14
year-old";
arranged
to
for
meet
sex;
arrested
at
airport | 2422(b);
2423(b);
(criminal
2253
forfeiture) | | | | | | Pled
guilty
2422(b)
to
in
exchange
for
dropping
government
2423(b)
&
criminal
forfeiture
charges;
had
pled
guilty
to
attempted
aggravated
criminal
sodomy
of
a 13
year-old
he
had
in
met
a
chat
but
had
been
not
yet
room
sentenced;
trial
declined
court
to
apply
enhancement
based
on state
court
case
because
sentencing
had
occurred
not
yet
,
enhancement
would
have
resulted
in | Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | | | | 168-210
month
defendant
sentence;
received
72
month
sentence;
government
appealed
Appellate
court
vacated
sentence
and
remanded
for
resentencing | | | COURT | CASES | TY
FACT
I
A | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | ----- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | . v. Gleich
S
U
,
(8th
Cir
3d
608
397
F
2007) | Child
Pornography | that
told
police
year-old
male
12
photographed
him
in
defendant
had
had
shown
and
explicit
sexually
poses
police
got
children;
of
other
photos
a
him
with
discovered
3
computers
&
warrant
the
unrelated
pornography
to
child
investigation
offense
2252(aX2);
sentence
guilty
Pled
to
was
of
activity
"pattern
enhanced
under
defendant
abuse";
sexual
involving
&
of
evidence
introduction
contested
use
denied
Appellate
court
of
enhancement
vacated
but
sentence
motion
to
suppress
(transmitting
photo
"pattern"
because
no
the
Internet
of
child
of
buttocks
over
abuse)
sexual
separate
not
was | 2251(a)
(c);
&
(b)(1);
2252(aX2)
&
2252(aX4)(B);
2422(b)
Consummated
porn
on
info
charges
on
- no
2422(6) | | | | | | | | 9th
Cir | '
riv
sw\$74 | r,
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S
Curtin
. v.
,
2007
U
S
App
LEXIS
12110
(9th
Cir
2007) | | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
explicit
room;
sexual
conversations
for
4
hours;
exchanged
photos;
defendant
arranged
to
for
meet
sex with
"14
year-old" | "
-n :,
. ra
2422(b);
2423(b)
Not
Consummated | | | | | | Defendant
claimed
that
he
did
not
believe
that
he
was meeting
a "14
yr-
old";
he
contested
the
government's
introduction
of
140
stories
of
sexual
activity
by
minors
on his
PDA
to
prove
his
intent
Affirmed | Showed
up for
meeting | | | U
S
. v. Meek
,
366
F
3d
705
(9ih
Cir
2004) | | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
room
of
contact
14
yr-old
male;
had
sex with
14
yr-old
&
posted
naked
photos
of
boy
on the
Internet;
police
took
boy's
over
Internet
account
and
were approached
by
defendant
claiming
he
was still
interested
in
"hooking
up";
continued
to
seek
sexual
encounter
with
"boy'
over
next
month
discussing
in
graphic
details
sexual
acts
he
hoped
to
perform
on the
boy;
arranged
to
for
meet
sex &
arrested
when
he
did
Pled
guilty
2422(b)
to
and
challenged
legality
of
search
of
his
&
computer
alleged
no violation
because
no "actual"
minor
. Conviction | 2422(b);
2423(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | 491
1.1J :Sritt | :
1
la: •
Wtio"1
U
S | "5-r ,
r
pg!
itar . 6.'14/ | . its
c'
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On= | 1.:S
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V;
0
'is
1 | | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | . v. Jahner
,
72
Fed
Appx
665
(9\`h
Cir
2003) | Unpublished | No
Information | No
information
available
but
case
implicates
that
Internet
involved;
was
defendant
pled
guilty
to
2422(b)
&
2423(6)
and
stipulated
that
he
had
sent
photos
of
himself
masturbating
to
he
someone
believed
to
be
minor;
a
challenged
introduction
of
the
photos
as
prejudicial
Affirmed |
2422(6);
2423(b)
No
Information | | | U
S
. v O'Brien
,
27
Fed
Appx
882
(9'h
Cir
2001) | Unpublished | Internet
lung | Internet
chat
initiated
room;
sexual
conversations
with
minor;
tried
to
entice
"girl"
to
visit;
paid
for
ticket
for
her
to
visit
&
live
with
him;
admitted
to
her
that
he
had
visited
"Girls
and
Older
Guys"
Internet
chat
and
room
chatted
with
other
teenage
girls
Claimed
entrapment
Conviction
affirmed | 2422(b);
2423(h)
Not
Consummated
Showed
for
up
meeting | | | U
S
. v. Kozlowski
,
2007
U
S
App
LEXIS
9489
(9ih
Cir
2007) | Unpublished
- | No
Information | No
information
available
Anders
Brief
appeal
of
sentence
of
60
months;
denied | 2422(b);
2423(b)
No
Information | | COURT | CASES | | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION
M. | CHARGE
| | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | United
States
v. Messano
,
114
Fed
Appx
(9th
785
Cir
2004) | Unpublished | jnternet
Su28 | Defendant
developed
relationship
over a
period
of
several
months
on the
Internet
with
"13-year-old";
discussed
sexually
explicit
activity;
arranged
for
to
meet
sex; arrested
when
he
showed
up. | 2422(b);
2423(h)
Not
Consummated | | | | | | Appellate
affirmed
conviction;
court
later
vacated
and
sentence
remanded
in
Messano
2005
U
S
LEXIS
19341
(9th
,
Cir
2005)
for
resentencing
in
keeping
with
Booker | Showed
meeting
up at | | | U
S
. v. Messano
,
2005
U
S
App
LEXIS
19341
(91h
Cir
2005); | Unpublished | | Affirmed
conviction
in
earlier
case but
remanded
regarding
resentencing
because
applied
sentencing
court
guidelines
as optional | | | | . v. Tashbook
U
S
,
144
Fed
Appx
610
(9ih
Cir
2005) | Unpublished | Internet | Defendant
placed
ads
on Internet
for
his
"production"
company; communicated
with
victims
by
email
and
telephone;
rented
a hotel
room and
took
photos
of
victim;
coerced
victim
engage in
to
non
consensual
explicit
sex for
purposes of
taking
photographs
Sentenced
60
to
years. Conviction
and
affirmed
sentence | 2422(b);
2423(6);
2251(a);
2252(a)(2)
Consummated/Force | | LIT
St | -;g!"1:tars
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U
S
,
163
Fed
Appx
578
(9'h
Cir
2006) | Unpublished | No
Information | information
No
available
Pled
guilty
to
2422(b)
and
2423(b)
Appealed
46
month
Remanded
further
sentence.
for
proceedings | 2422(h);
2423(6)
Information
No | | | . v. Ayoub
U
S
,
177
Fed
Appx
765
(9th
Cir
2006) | Unpublished | No
Information | No
information
available
but
grounds
for
appeal
imply
Internet
Sting;
defendant
claimed
and
that
entrapment
he
did
not
believe
he
was dealing
with
a minor
Conviction
affirmed | 2422(b);
2423(h)
No
Information | | | . v. Shahin
U
S
,
179
Fed
Appx
420
(9th
Cir
2006) | Unpublished | Internet
SOlLgt | No
specific
facts
available;
defendant
corresponded
with
undercover
agent.
Appealed
conviction
claiming
legal
impossibility
and
real
minor
not
Conviction
affirmed | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated | | | . v. Weir
US
,
52
Fed
Appx
423
(9°'
Cir
2002) | Unpublished | No
Information | No
information
available
. 210
month
affirmed
sentence | 2422(b);
2251(a)
&
(d);
2256;
2252(a)(5)(B)
No
Information | | | . v. Grenman
S
U
,
Slip
Copy
2007
WL
,
841093
(9ih
Cir
2007) | Not
for
Publication | No
Information | No
information
available
Appeal
of
Affirmed
in
sentence.
vacated
in
part,
and
part
remanded | 2422(b)
No
Information | | | . v. Strater
U
S
,
150
Fed
. Appx
. 610
(914
Cir
2005) | Unpublished | Internet
Stills' | Internet
chat
room; no specific
facts
available
Defendant
claimed
Conviction
entrapment.
affirmed | 2422(b);
2423(6)
Not
Consummated | | COURT | CASES | | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------- | | | U
S
. v. Schnepper
,
161
Fed
Appx
678
(9'
Cir
2006) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
evidence
room;
clear
defendant
believed
he
was
communicating
with
"minor";
attempted
to
entice
her
fly
to
Hawaii
to
to
have
sex;
defendant
claimed
entrapment
Affirmed | 2422(b);
2423(b)
Not
Consummated | | | U
S
. v. Nicely
,
172
Fed
Appx
713
(9th
Cir
2006) | Unpublished | | No
information
available
but
implication
is
that
Internet
used
Defendant
convicted
of
2422(b);
contested
supervised
release
which
prohibited
of
use
computer | 2422(6)
No
Information | | | U
S
Curtin
. v.
,
443
F
3d
1084
(9th
Cir
2006) | | Internet
5th-i
s | See
2007
U
S
App
LEXIS
12110
(9th
Cir
2007)
supra. | | | | U
S
. v. Anderson
,
2007
U
S
App
LEXIS
11856
(9th
Cir
2007) | Unpublished | Internet | Online
chat
specific
information
, no
available;
conviction
affirmed | 2422(6)
No
Information | | | U
S
Dhingra
. v.
,
371
F
3d
557
(9i°
Cir
2004) | | Internet | AOL
1M
chats
with
14
yr-old
girl;
sexually
explicit
conversations;
defendant
persisted
in
trying
to
arrange
to
for
meet
for
met
sex;
&
defendant
sex
forced
14
yr-old
to
have
with
him
sex | 2422(b)
Consummated/Force | | | | | | Defendant
challenged
constitutionality
of
2422(6)
Conviction
affirmed | | | COURT | : cASES | I | FACILITY
I | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | 7CHAI2GE | | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | U
S
. v. Vail
,
101
Fed
Appx
190
(9th
Cir
2004) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | No
specific
information
, other
than
sting
,
available
Defendant
appealed
conviction
&
because
sentence
no "actual"
minor
was involved
Conviction
affirmed
but
sentence
vacated
because
should
court
have
used
downward
departure | 2422(b);
2423(h)
Not
Consummated | | 10'"
Cir | U
S
. v. Pearl
,
324
F
3d
1210
(10ih
Cir
2003) | | Internet
filing | Internet
chat
room;
conversations
,
email
&
telephone
with
"12
yr-old";
attempted
to
have
to
arrange
sex from
first
encounter;
photos
sent
of
child
porn;
email
followed
by
letters
with
undercover
pretending
agent
be
to
"12
yr-old's"
uncle
wanting
molest
to
her;
defendant
arrested
when
he
showed
up
for
meeting
with
"uncle" | 2252A;
2422(b);
2423
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | | | | Vacated
2252A
as to
due
counts
to
error
in
jury
instructions
but
affirmed
as to
2423
&
2422(b) | | | :F | a. | 9b0 t14 | | -,• | 401 Wwl-s-6-'4-%
""1:4"1,t, | | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | -
U.S. V. Munro
,
394
F
3d
865
(10th
Cir
2005) | " | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
room
communication
with
"13
yr-old";
told
her
he
wanted
have
to
oral
with
her;
sex
asked
if
she
would
like
to
make
a "movie"
together;
arranged
to
meet
elementary
at
school
— told
her
to
something
wear
arrested
sexy;
at
the | yfilliga
Ue r
2422(b)
Not
Consummated | | | | | | school
Contested
sentence
enhancement
for
"violent"
crime;
court
affirmed
because
risk
in
sexual
abuse
of
minor
is
enough
to
support
enhancement;
PROTECT
Act
is
constitutional | Showed
for
meeting
up | | | U
S
. v. Sims
,
428
F
3d
945
(10th
Cir
2005) | | interne(
5
.\_tkgi | Internet
chat
private
room;
citizen
had
assumed
profile
of
"16
&
12
yr-old"
as
a
received
gag;
sexually
explicit
communications
for
5
months
from
defendant
well
photos
as
and
as
sexually
explicit
images
of
defendant
with
other
children;
defendant
arrested
when
he
traveled
to
meet; | 2422(b);
2423(6);
2252(a)(I)
Not
Consummated
Showed
for
meeting
up | | | | | | Convicted;
sentenced
to
37
months
&
\$10
000
fine;
court
affirmed
conviction
,
but
vacated
sentence
because
trial
court
erred
by
using
downward
departure
of
9
levels | | | ,./,0'errirts? .1.
tt. | ;t•L',2
0
, | \*\* •"; | • | | | | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | U.S. v. Thomas
,
410
F
3d
1235
(1016
Cir
2005) | | Internet
Sin | Internet
chat
room; several
online
chats
with
undercover
arranged
agent;
to
meet
but
did
show;
six
months
later
not
online
in
chat
room again
but
using
different
name; showed
up for
meeting
with
his
2
children
in
the
back
found
seat;
porno
film
playing
on his
and
computer
transcript
of
the
online
chat
First
trial
resulted
in
hung
jury;
but
later
charged
by
superseding
indictment
&
sentenced
70
months
imprisonment
to
and
5
years supervision;
challenged
constitutionality
of
2422(b)
&
sentencing
Affirmed | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting
but
just
drove
around
and
attempted
leave
to | | | . v. Davis
U
S
,
165
Fed
Appx
586
(10th
Cir
2006) | | Internet
Sling | Internet
chat
room communications
with
"13
yr-old";
explicit
sexual
conversations;
agreed
and
to
meet
arrested
meeting
place
at
Found
guilty
by
jury;
challenged
that
"actual"
minor
was necessary for
2422
violation
. Appellate
denied
his
court
for
Certificate
of
Appealability
request
&
dismissal | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | \[
CM:RT
\_ | CASES
\] | rFACILITII | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | | | S
U
. v. Hanes
,
371
F
3d
1208
(10°
Cir
2004) | Internet | No
information
other
than
of
intemet
use
available | 2422(6);
2252A | | | | | Pled
guilty
to
2422(b)
&
2252A;
sentenced
to
51
months
&
2
years
supervision;
challenged
conviction
based
Ashcroft
on
v. Free
Speech
Coalition
,
122
S
Ct
1389
(2002)
finding
parts
of
Child
Protection
Act
unconstitutional;
claimed
ineffective
counsel
Affirmed | No
Information | | | U
S
. v. Johnson
,
l83
F
3d
1175
(101h
Cir
1999) | Internet
leading
to
aikgi
Operation | Internet
chat
defendant
room;
met
on
&
communicated
via
Internet
&
telephone
with
underage
male;
items
sent
through
mail;
arranged
to
meet
and
had
victim
sex;
cooperated
with
authorities
and
telephoned
defendant;
calls
monitored;
computer
search
revealed
pornographic
photos
of
16
under
or | 2422(b);
2423(6);
2252;
2253
Consummated | | | | | Defendant
entered
plea
one
agreement
for
2
but
challenged
cases
sentence
enhancement-
sentence
27
months
&
3
supervision
\$2
&
years
875
87
restitution
,
affirmed | | | :4'"''71,; | r'''')' 5
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c | t12/.
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U.S. v.
,
171
F
3d
1231
(10th
Cir
1999) | | Internet | I
Internet
chat
room;
met
minor;
arranged
to
for
meet
had
sex;
sex. | 2422(b);
2423(b) | | | U
S
Wales
. v. | | | Sentence
of
21
months
&
3
year
supervision
affirmed | Consummated | | | ,
127
Fed
Appx
424
(10th
Cir
2005) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
room;
sexually
explicit
communications;
defendant
already
on
probation
for
sexual
assault;
when
arrested
he
pled
guilty
but
said
he
never
showed
for
up
of
any
the
meetings
he
set
just
up;
masturbated | 2422(b);
2451(a)
&
(b)
Not
Consummated | | | U
S
Brown
. v. | | | Found
guilty
of
attempt
bench
at
trial
and
sentenced
to
180
months
&
3
year
supervision | | | | ,
126
Fed
Appx
448
(10th
Cir
2005) | | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
room
communications
with
"13
yr-old";
arranged
to
for
meet
sexual
encounter;
arrested
when
he
went
to
"underage
meet | 2422(b) | | | | | | girl"
Challenged
introduction
of
Internet
conversations
prejudicial
as
Appellate
court
affirmed
— probative
value
outweighed
prejudicial;
sentenced
46
months
&
3
years
supervision
&
\$500
fine | Not
Consummated
Showed
for
up
meeting | | COURT . | ES :
' C | i | F
:
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220 Fed. Appx. 851 (10th
Cir. 2007) | Unpublished | Prostitution/
Force | Defendant was a pimp who beat and
raped his prostitutes — some as young as
13 yrs-old; he threatened them and their
children.
Pled guilty to 2422(b) so that
government would dismiss 6-count
indictment for one single charge.
Sentenced as a career offender. | 2422(b);
and 5
others unnamed
Consummated/Force | | | | | | Appealed his sentence. Court dismissed
appeal and enforced his waiver of his
right to appeal. | | | ;\$iA
cf s. | '
isttif:ot
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e. lit | 2.'" -ci
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l'n-,r
tr.S.
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165 Fed. Appx. 677 (10ih
Cir. 2006) | Unpublished | No
discussion of
facility but
appears to be | No specific information available other
than the fact that the case involved a
pimp whose telephone conversations
with underage prostitutes and cell phone | 2422(b) and 2
Consummated/Force/Pi
mp | | | | | phone | records were obtained
Pled guilty to one count of 2422(b);
court found facts regarding defendant's
use of violence, involvement in
prostitution, exertion of undue influence
on a minor, his role as a leader in a | | | | | | | criminal enterprise and his criminal
history; sentenced to 125 months;
challenged Booker error in sentencing.
Appellate court affirmed, error harmless | | | | | | | because it would provide same sentence
even if Sentencing Guidelines were
found unconstitutional. | | | 49
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S
. v. Crayon
,
143
Fed
Appx
(10th
77
Cir
2005) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | 2
,,t4V-
r;•4•6
,
,
,,
Internet
chat
communications
room
with
"14
yr-old";
described
graphic
sexual
activity;
and
sent
sexual
photo;
masturbated
in
front
of
webcam;
offered
to
teach
"14
yr-old"
about
&
to
buy
sex
her
ticket
to
a
him;
come
meet
arrested
at
meeting
place
Pled
guilty;
court
enhanced
sentence
because
of
of
use
computer
&
"victim"
under
16
&
down
for
accepting
responsibility;
sentenced
to
108
months
Appellate
court
affirmed
sentence
because
actual
under
victim
age
not
required
for
attempt | a,,,,e,"44
.,; w::e,,,,,
2422(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
for
meeting
up | | 2
.". sl
.s.w | 4
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Stiisz\< | | Or
111h | U
S
. v. Morton
364
F
3d
1300
(11"
Cir
2004) | | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
room "I
love
older
men";
communication
followed
by
telephone
calls
several
to
"victims";
and
sent
requested
sexually
explicit
photos
over
the
Internet;
told
"victims"
he
wanted
to
have
sex. | 2252A;
2422(b)
Not
Consummated | | | | | | Pled
guilty;
issue
of
first
impression
for
II'
Circuit
whether
as to
enhancement
for
"pattern"
of
abuse
involving
minor
could
be
applied
if
no actual
minor
but
instead
undercover
Appellate
agent.
affirmed
court
enhancement
because
of
pattern
activity
used
minor
interchangeably
with
victim | | | | U
S
. v. Manley
,
Slip
Copy
2007
WL
,
1379982
(l
th
I
Cir
2007) | Slip
Copy
Not
for
Publication | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
room communications
between
father
of
12
yr-old
boy
and
"mother
of
I2
yr-old
girl";
several
chats;
expressed
desire
engage in
to
sex with
"12
yr-old"
daughter;
told
"mother"
she
could
have
sex with
his
12
yr-old
son;
arranged
for
to
sex &
meet
arrested
when
he
showed
up. Police
found
laptop;
items
for
sexual
activity
&
401
photos
of
child
porn — some of
which
depicted
his
son. | 2422(b);
2252A(a)(1)
&
(a)(2)(A)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | | | \_ | Pled
guilty
child
to
porn. Appealed
360
months
Affirmed
sentence. | | | -
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S
. v. Evans
,
476
F
3d
1176
(I
lth
Cir
2007) | | Prostitution
Ring | 14
yr-old
worked
for
defendant
(&
2
co
defendants)
as prostitute;
he
was pimp
&
arranged
date
for
her;
notified
her
of
"dates"
on her
cell
phone;
he
provided
condoms
manufactured
overseas &
imported
into
Ga
.; she
was hospitalized
with
AIDS;
he
called
her
from
land
line
&
induced
her
work
for
to
him
return
to
as a prostitute
Challenged
application
of
federal
statute
local
to
Court | 1591;
2422(6)
Consummated | | | U
S
. v. Strevell
,
185
Fed
Appx
841
(I
I
th
Cir
. 2006) | Unpublished | Foreign
Travel
Sting | purely
activity
affirmed
Several
telephone
conversations
arranging
for
travel
Costa
Rica
for
to
sex
with
"14
yr-old";
paid
for
travel;
arrested
airport
at | 2422(b);
2423(b);
159I(a);
1594(a)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
travel | | | U
S
. v. Roberts
,
174
Fed
Appx
475
(11th
Cir
2006) | Unpublished | Foreign
Travel
Sting | Defendant
responded
ad
for
to
sex travel
Costa
Rica;
to
negotiated
&
paid
for
trip
have
to
sex in
Costa
Rica
with
16
yr-old
but
cancelled;
arranged
instead
to
meet
girls
in
US;
arrested
when
he
showed
up. | 2422(6);
2594(a)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | 4 | VAT '
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S
. v. Clarke
,
159
Fed
Appx
128
(111h
Cir
2005) | Unpublished | Foreign
Travel
Sting | ft;
No
specific
information
available
but
implication
is
that
this
is
a sex tourism
case.
Alleges
entrapment;Conviction
affirmed | lar
ASc
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1
i' I. Aa.:1 Z'
2422(6);
2423(c);
1591(a);
1594(a)
Not
Consummated? | | | U
S
Clerk
v. Yost
.,
,
479
F
3d
815
(11i6
Cir
2007) | | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
room conversations
with
3
different
"girls"
— all
same undercover
in
chat
agent—
room; sexually
explicit
discussions;
arranged
for
to
meet
oral
sex
with
one "girl"
but
no show;
arranged
to
with
meet
another
&
arrested
when
he
showed
up to
her
meet
Conviction
affirmed | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | U
S
. v. Bolen
,
136
Fed
Appx
325
(11'h
Cir
2005) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
room "sex
with
younger";
conversations
with
"25
yr-old
mother
of
3
yr-old";
communications
over several
days;
used
telephone
finalize
to
plans
to
meet.
Contested
conviction
&
110
month
sentence
on grounds
that
2422(6)
did
not
apply
when
used
intermediary
to
arrange
for
sex &
did
apply
not
, to
sex with
fictitious
infant
Conviction
affirmed;
sentence
appeal
dismissed
due
waiver
to
of
right
to
appeal | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated | | COURT | CASES | FACILITy | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | | . v. Searcy
U
S
418
F
3d
1193
(11th
Cir
2005) | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
defendant's
room;
screen
name was "Obesseddadl
I";
informed
undercover
that
he
agent
was member
of
father-daughter
swap club;
talked
on
telephone
&
arranged
face-to-face
meeting
with
meeting
agent;
at
told
agent
he
wanted
to
have
arrange to
sex with
agent's
daughter
&
could
agent
have
sex
with
defendant's
children;
arrested
at
meeting | 2422(14
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | | | Challenged
conviction
&
upward
enhancement
of
his
for
crime
sentence
of
violence
. Affirmed
\_ | | | COURT | CASES
. | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | ----- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | | 1.1 S. v Murrell,
368 F.3d 1283 (I l'
Cir.
h
2004) | Internet
Stine | Internet chat rooms "family love" &
"Rent F Vry Yng"; communicated with
same agent who pretended to be "mother
of 13 yr-old" & "farther of teen girl";
defendant expressed interest in meeting
"mother & daughter" for sex; asked
"father" if he was renting a daughter;
continued conversations online & via
telephone with "father" and arranged to
meet to have oral sex & intercourse with
"daughter"; agreed to pay \$300; showed
up at hotel & paid the money to agent;
arrested on the way to hotel room to
meet "girl". | 2422(h)
Not Consummated
Showed up for meeting | | | | | Appealed indictment because never
directly communicated with minor &
sentencing enhancement to 33 months &
3 yrs supervision. Affirmed. | | | | "US. v. Pipkins, et at,
Cir.
378 F.3d 1281 (11th
2004) | Prostitution | Pimps ran prostitution ring using under
age girls; in total 15 pimps were arrested
& 13 pled guilty. | 2422(b);
1951;
I 952(a)(3); 1584; 1028
& 21 USC 859 | | | \*\*Conspiracy 1962(d)
RICO | | Defendants found guilty of conspiracy in
violation of 1962(d); One defendant set
up website for "escort service". | \*\*Conspiracy 1962(d)
RICO | | | | | One defendant sentenced to 40 yrs; other
to 30 yrs. Affirmed. | | | 49URT | CASES | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | ----- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | . v. Hornaday
\*\*U
S
,
392
F
3d
(111h
1306
Cir
2004)
\*\*\*Conspiracy
charge
but
it
was error
was
harmless | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
room "Loving
Families"
where
people
communicate
about
having
sex with
children;
undercover
entered
as
"father
of
son &
daughter";
defendant
contacted
&
said
he
was bisexual
agent
looking
for
"loving
family"
&
that
he
had
had
prior
family
relations
&
wanted
more; explicit
discussion
about
having
sex with
children;
telephoned
&
arranged
arrested
when
to
he
showed
meet; | 2422(b);
18
USC
2
Not
Consummated
— \*\*\*conspiracy
charge
was harmless
error | | | | | up.
Appealed
guilty
verdict
Appellate
court
rejected
that
he
did
argument
use the
not
Internet
communicate
to
directly
with
minor
and
held
that
conspiracy
charge
was error, albeit
harmless
because
did
,
abet
undercover
not
but
that
agent
error
was harmless
too
given
the
facts
of
the
case. | | | | . v. Bohannon
U
S
,
476
F
3d
1246
(11'h
Cir
2007) | Internet
5jtgi | Internet
chat
room "I
love
older
men";
defendant
initiated
communications
with
"15
yr-old";
arranged
have
to
meet
to
oral
&
genital
sex; arrested
when
he
showed
up.
Appealed
120
month
sentence.
Affirmed | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | O | ia
riolafi
t | | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | Cl
LARGE | | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | U
S
. v. Grossman
,
2007
U
S
App
LEXIS
12500
(11th
Cir
2007) | Unpublished | Internet
Stine | Internet
chat
"preteen
baby
room
and
,
toddler
sex";
initiated
communications
with
"31
yr-old
mother
of
9
yr-old";
expressed
desire
to
for
meet
with
sex
child;
arranged
to
both
meet
"mother
&
daughter"
for
arrested
when
sex;
he
arrived
Conviction
affirmed | 2422(b);
2241(c)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | U
S
. v. Watson
,
179
Fed
Appx
663
a
P h
Cir
2006) | Unpublished | No
Information | No
information
available
Convicted
of
2422(b)
and
2252A(a)(2)(A);
appealed
enhancement
of
his
sentence
for
600
images
of
over
child
Affirmed
porn. | 2422(b);
2252A(a)(2)(A)
No
Information | | | U
S
. v. Houston
,
177
Fed
Appx
(11th
57
Cir
2006) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
room
communications
with
"mother
of
14
yr-old
girl";
arranged
meeting
with
the
girl
have
to
with
sex
her;
arrested
at
meeting
place
Contested
5
yr sentence
Affirmed | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated | | | | | | | Showed
up for
meeting | | COURT | CASES | | FACILITY | FACTS/CONIN1UNICATION | CIIAliCE | | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- | | | U.S. v. Haynes,
160 Fed. Appx. 940 (11t
h
Cir. 2005) | Unpublished | Internet
Stint, | Internet chat room "Young Teens for
Older Men"; 39 yr-old initiated chat with
"14 yr-old"; sexually explicit details as
to how he would like to "lick her from
head to toe"; arranged to meet &
suggested they have Chinese dinner &
movie; arrested at meeting place; police
found loaded gun; 92 rounds of
ammunition; condoms & Chinese
restaurant menu in his car.
Sentenced to 78 months. Conviction
affirmed; sentence vacated & remanded
because of Booker error. | 2422(b)
Not Consummated
Showed up for meeting | | | U.S. v. Rojas,
145 Fed. Appx. 647 (1 1th
Cir. 2005) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | No specific information available but
implication is that this was intemet
communication with "13 yr-old" for oral
sex.
Challenged 2422(b) constitutionality.
Conviction affirmed. | 2422(b)
Not Consummated | | 2YRT | CASES | MCI LITY | FA C:TS/COM 1\\1 UNICAT ION | ClIARGE | | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | U.S. v. Scott,
Cir.
426 F.3d 1324 (11ih
2005) | Internet
Sting | Internet chat room for parents of young
children to arrange for them to have sex
with others; agent pretending to be
"father of 6 yr-old boy & 4 yr-old girl"
approached by defendant interested in
having sex with the children; arranged to
meet & told agent he would bring "gifts"
like stuffed animals to gain the children's
cooperation; arrested when he showed up
at meeting place. Police found stuffed
animals, chains, whips, knives, restraints
& other sexual paraphernalia in his car.
Pled guilty but contested his 135 month
sentence. Court affirmed sentence. | 2422(b); 2423(b);
2241(c)
Not Consummated
Showed up for meeting | | COURT | CASES | FAqtrry | FAC:TS/COMMUNICATION | CIIARGL | | ----- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | | | U
S
. v. Bias
,
360
F
3d
1268
(11th
Cir
2004) | Internet | 48
yr-old
initiated
Internet
communications
with
14
yr-old;
lied
about
his
the
beginning;
age at
over a
period
of
several
months
defendant
told
14
yr-old
he
was 47
yrs-old
&
that
she
was his
girlfriend;
told
her
he
wanted
to
"make
L-U-V"
her;
arranged
to
to
meet
for
sex and
did
&
have
meet
sex;
defendant
knew
that
he
was HIV+
but
did
tell
her;
6
months
later
not
he
met
another
14
yr-old
online;
discussed
sex
&
their
relationship
for
hours;
told
her
of
his
HIV
but
said
she
could
status
not
catch
it
because
of
the
medication
he
was
taking;
planned
visit
her
have
to
to
sex
but
he
was arrested
before | 2422(b);
2423(b)
Consummated | | | | | Pled
guilty
but
contested
of
180
sentence
months
&
70
months
concurrent,
\$15
\$86
000
fine
restitution
\$300
&
,
,
special
Affirmed
assessment. | | | f
• | a y
w | FACH
ITY | FAC:TS/COMNIUNICATION | CHARGE | | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | U
S
. v. Orrega
,
363
F
3d
1093
(11'"
Or
2004) | Internet
to | Internet
chat
room; defendant
said
he
was 24
yrs-old
&
began
communication
with
"16
yr-old";
told
her
he
wanted
to
have
meet
to
sex but
meeting
never took
place;
few
weeks
later
defendant
again
contacted
"16
yr-old"
&
arranged
to
meet
have
to
oral
sex; arrested
meeting
at
place | 2422(6)
Not
Consummated
Showed
meeting
up at | | | | | Court
vacated
&
remanded
because
downward
departure
warranted
not
| | | | U
S
. v. Panfil
,
338
F
3d
1299
(11'h
Cir
2003) | Interne(
Sting | Internet
chat
room communications
with
"13
yr-old";
sexually
explicit;
told
her
he
would
give
her
powerful
orgasms
with
oral
sex; arranged
for
to
meet
sex;
arrested
meeting
at
place | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated | | | | | Challenged
constitutionality
of
2422(b)
&
his
Court
sentence.
affirmed
both
conviction
&
sentence. | Showed
up for
meeting | | | U
S
. v. Miranda
,
348
F
3d
1322
(11'
Cir
2003) | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
room; conversations
about
having
sex with
"13
yr-old";
arranged
for
to
meet
sex; arrested
at
meeting
place | 2422(6)
Not
Consummated | | | | | Government
appealed
sentence.
Vacated
&
remanded | Showed
up for
meeting | | FCOllitcl | CASES | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | \_. \_. | 11
. v. Root
U
S
,
Cir
(11'h
1222
3d
296
F
2002) | Internet
Sting | Older
room "1
Love
chat
Internet
explicit
engaged
in
defendant
Men";
yr-old
with
"13
conversation
sexual
that
he
describing
sexual
student"
acts
have
her
with
her
&
perform
wanted
to
for
arranged
on him;
meet
perform
to
sex
showed
he
arrested
when
and
up.
no need
affirmed;
Conviction
&
sentence
minor
actual
for | 2423(b);
2422(6);
2243
Consummated
Not
meeting
Showed
up for | | | . v. Burgess
S
U
,
(11'h
Cir
3d
1261
F
175
1999) | Internet
Sting
by
private
citizen | legal
room "barely
chat
Internet
explicit
sexually
females";
&
arranged
conversations;
to
meet
showed
when
he
arrested
up.
Conviction
conviction
Appealed
failed
give
to
reversed
because
court
about
instruction
cautionary
jury
testify
failure
defendant's
to | 2423(b)
2422(b);
Consummated
Not
meeting
Showed
up for | | l'
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,
190
F
3d
1220
(11'h
Cir
1999) | | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
of
police
part
room
as
investigation
of
child
defendant
porn;
contacted
"15
yr-old
girl";
for
2
months
talked
about
sexual
they
acts
would
perform;
photos
of
sent
children
young
having
and
asked
if
she
would
sex
perform
those
with
him;
acts
his
gave
phone
number
&
arranged
to
but
meet
could
make
it
Search
not
warrant
obtained
&
police
found
child
porn
on
his
computer | 2422(b);
2252(a)(2);
2252(a)(1)
Not
Consummated | | | | | | Appealed
sentence
because
expert
testified
that
depicted
acts
in
photos
would
pain
Affirmed
cause | | | | S
U
Tillman
. v.
,
195
F
3d
(I
640
l'h
Cir
1999) | | Internet
l
aw
, | Internet
communications
with
"14
yr
old";
defendant
attempted
persuade
to
her
him
to
meet
in
motel
to
in
engage
various
sexual
3
photos
acts;
sent
of
sexually
explicit
conduct
Internet
over | 2422(b);
2252(a)(
I)
Not
Consummated | | | | | | Pled
guilty
but
contested
87
month
because
sentence
did
court
not
group
offences
Court
said
primary
victim
of
is
depicted
3
porn
person
separate
so
counts
of
porn. | | | gggitii
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. :741f .
VittilbtfrSlic: "M | | ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | U.S. v. Rader
,
2007
U
S
App
LEXIS
12791
(11th
Cir
2007) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | Internet
conversations
with
undercover
videos
agent;
sent
of
adults
having
sex
with
2-4
yr-olds
Pled
guilty
but
appealed
151
month
&
S15
sentence
fine
000
Affirmed
, | 2422(b);
2252(a)(1)
Not
Consummated | | | S
U
. v. Hass
,
192
Fed
Appx
867
(11'h
Cir
2006) | Unpublished | No
Information | No
information
available
Appealed
260
month
sentence
Affirmed | 2422(b);
2241(c);
2252
No
Information | | | U
S
. v. Thrift
,
205
Fed
Appx
816
(1
1'h
Cir
2006) | Unpublished | No
Information | No
information
available
Appealed
sentencing
Court
affirmed
sentencing
the
lifetime
except
supervision
for
possession
of
firearm | 2422(b);
2423(b);
922(g)(1)
&
(2)
No
Information | | M
D
Fla | U
S
. v. Sterba
,
Supp
22
F
2d
1333
(M
D
Fla
1998) | | Interne(
Sting | Internet
chat
No
specific
details
room.
available
Indictment
dismissed
because
of
prosecutorial
misconduct | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated | | | | | | | | | S.D. Fla. | | | | | | | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | | | U.S. v. McDaniel,
470 F. Supp. 2d 1372 (S.D.
Fla. 2007) | (Villafana
case) | Internet | 19 yr-old contacted 12 yr-old &
communicated for 18 months; believed
to be in love; traveled to meet girl who
was 14 yrs-old by then and had sex;
parents helped police find them at a
hotel. Government introduced evidence
that 2 other underage girls had had
relations with defendant.
Pled guilty. Court wrote opinion to
explain reasons for its departure from
guidelines. | 2422(b);
2423(b)
Consummated | | | U.S. v. Simo,
Slip Copy, 2007 WL
1655399 (S.D. Ha. 2007) | Slip Copy | No
Information | No information available.
Report and recommendation that guilty
plea be accepted. | 2422(6)
No Information | | FCOURT | CASES | | | FACILITY. . FACTS/COMMUNICATION
S | CHARGE | | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | S.D.N.Y. | U.S. v. McDarrah,
2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS
48269 (S.D.N.Y. 2006);
U.S. v. McDarrah, 2007
LEXIS 6590 (S.D.N.Y.
2007) | I | Internet
Sting | FBI posted an ad on Craigslist
advertising young girls for sex;
defendant responded & offered money
for oral sex with 13 yr-old but did not
show; later defendant contacted same
agent (inadvertently) pretending to be 13
yr-old girl; defendant arrested outside of
home where he thought "girl" lived.
Challenged constitutionality of 2422(b)
on its face and as applied. Appellate
court ruled 2422 constitutional, but
allowed defendant leave to renew his
motion to suppress post-arrest statements
use; this is memorandum order on
preliminary evidentiary issue regarding
introduction of images at trial; court
found binder containing 16 images
recovered from defendant's computer
could be presented but not CD-ROM of
over 140. | 2422(b)
Not Consummated
Showed up at "girl's"
house | | | U.S. v. Brand,
2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS
634 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) | | Intbilophotk | No information available. | 2422(6);
2423
No Information | | COURT | CASES | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------- | | | U
S
. v. Carrasquillo
,
2004
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
741
(S
D
N
Y
2004) | US
Mail | No
specific
information
available
other
than
case involved
mail
from
jail
to
minor
step-son | 2422(b);
1470
(mail) | | | | | Motion
suppress letters
to
obtained
from
cell
search
handwriting
exemplars
&
,
expert's
Court
held
that
report.
search
was legal
, exemplars
from
dictation
were
testimonial
not
once misspellings
were
removed
but
required
new expert
because
he
saw exemplars
containing
the
spelling
errors. | Not
Consummated | | | U
S
. v. Gagliardi
,
2006
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
64576
(S
D
N
Y
2006) | Internet
Sting | Private
citizen
pretended
be
"13
to
yr
old";
defendant
contacted
and
initiated
sexually
explicit
conversations
including
asking
if
13
yr-old
would
like
"love
to
me for
money";
communications
turned
police
over to
Claimed
and
entrapment
sought
acquittal;
denied
court
motion | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated | | | | | | | | Z.A. | ?.
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E | Supp
F
451
S
. v. Kave,
U
2006);
Va
(E
D
775
2d
.,
S
U
2006
. v. Kaye,
S
U
(E
D
54281
LEXIS
Dist
2006)
Va | e | Internet
Sting
private
by
organization | followed
initiated;
communications
IM
yr-old
male
to
54
from
calls
telephone
by
explicit
sexually
boy";
yr-old
"13
for
meet
arranged
to
communications;
filmed
by
&
meeting
sex; went
to
Dateline | 2423
2422(b);
Consummated
Not
meeting
up for
Showed | | | | | | and
use of
Internet
that
found
Court
interstate
the
message satisfied
instant
of
elements
all
commerce component;
satisfied
2423
&
2422 | | | | v. Holloman,
S
U
WL
2006
Copy
Slip
,
2006)
Va
(E
D
2796641 | Copy
Slip | No
Information | available
information
specific
No
judge
because
recusal
sought
Defendant
of
the
Attorney
as Chairman
served
on Pornography
Commission
General's
Denied
years earlier
20
more than | 2423(b)
2422(b);
Information
No | | | | | | | | | Mo
D
W | S
. v. Hicks
U
,
LEXIS
Dist
S
U
2005
2005)
Mo
(W
D
36625 | | Internet
Sting | Internet
used
alleged
have
to
Defendant
traveled
a minor;
entice
telephone
to
&
sex act
engage in
to
of
no violation
claimed
Defendant
no actual
2423
because
2422(b)
&
defendant's
agrees and
court
minor;
based
granted
is
dismiss
on
motion
to
Helder | 2423(b)
2422(b);
Consummated
Not
meeting
Showed
up at | | COURT | CASES
, | FAC:ILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | ----- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | U
S
. v. Helder
2005
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
38874
(W
D
Mo
2005)
,reversed
U
S
. v.
,
fielder
2006
U
S
App
,
LEXIS
15995
(8ih
Cir
2006)
supra | Internet
Sting | No
information
available
Court
held
that
2422(b)
requires
actual
under
not
"belief'
age
by
defendant
mere
that
underage;
defendant
discharged
from
pre-trial
release
and
judgment
of
acquittal
entered
Reversed
appeal
on | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated | | | U
S
. v. Spurlock
,
386
F
Supp
2d
1072
(W
D
Mo
2005) | Internet
aqui | Internet
chat
"Daughters
room
who
love
daddies";
chats
with
"mother"
of
3
kids;
masturbated
in
front
of
webcam
while
having
sexually
explicit
conversation
with
"13
yr-old
daughter";
arranged
to
for
meet
with
"13
10
&
sex
,
8
yr-old"
children
with
their
"mother"
by
telephone;
arrested
at
meeting
place
&
police
found
condoms
beer
DVD
player
,
,
&
x-rated
videos
&
duct
tape
Defendant
filed
motion
to
dismiss
on
grounds
that
legally
impossible
because
actual
minor
no
involved;
general
was
magistrate
declined
to
apply
Helder
&
recommended
that
motion
be
denied | 2422(b);
2423;
2253;
1470
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | | | | | | 40 | | | .;L:1115 &ft. | COJ
J ki I 6 a
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Me | "
py\_
. v. Vasquez,
S
U
Me
(D
34
2d
Supp
F
241
2003)
see also
. v. Vasquez,
S
U
LEXIS
Dist
S
U
2003
2003)
infra
Me
(D
2339 | el
-• | Internet | using
yr-old
13
sex from
Solicited
sex &
for
meet
arranged
to
Internet;
hotel
arrested
at
meet;
traveled
to
operation
sting
case initially
if
—unclear
were recorded
communications
but
order;
detention
appealed
Defendant
detention
the
adopted
and
affirmed
court
detention
pre-trial
required
and
order | 2423
2422(b);
Consummated
Not
meeting
up for
Showed | | | . v. Vasquez,
US
LEXIS
Dist
S
U
2003
2003)
Me
(D
2339 | | No
Information | available
information
No
pre-Miranda
exclude
Motion
to
bag
from
evidence
and
statements
denied
r | 2422(b)
Information
No | | Y
N
D
N | . v. Johnson,
S
U
LEXIS
52
Dist
S
U
2005
2005)
N
Y
D
(N | | | available
information
No
2006)
Cir
(2d
272
3d
F
446
Affirmed
at
supra. | | | | The
of
Matter
The
In
Inc
Company,
Herald
.,
LEXIS
Dist
S
U
2006
2006)
Y
N
D
(N
11930 | | No
Information | available
information
No
; regarding
2422(b)
with
charged
Mayor
of
support
affidavits
in
of
unsealing
phone
on cellular
wiretap
— | 2422(b)
Information
No | | wit: | limiitr
s(
4
,;:z., .
Tez
cl:'
'
,,
, | | | y.
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S
. v. Johnson
,
1999
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
8819
(N
D
N
Y
1999) | No
Information | No
information
available
Defendant
pled
guilty
but
challenged
88
month
sentence
recommendation;
court
imposed
88
month
sentence
Affirmed
at
U
S
. v. Johnson
446
F
3d
,
272
(2d
Cir
2006)
supra. | 2422(b)
See
U
S
. v. Johnson
,
446
F
3d
272
(2d
Cir
2006) | | W
D
Tex | U
S
. v. Dodd
,
349
F
Supp
2d
1039
(W
D
Tex
2004) | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
room
communications
with
"14
yr-old";
photos
sent
of
himself
with
erect
penis;
arranged
to
for
meet
arrested
sex;
at
meeting
Motion
to
suppress
search
warrants
denied | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
for | | N
D
Tex | U
S
. v. Jackson
,
2002
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
6168
(N
D
Tex
2002);
see
U
S
. v. Jackson
2002
U
S
,
LEXIS
539
(N
D
Tex
2002)
for
details
of
facts;
and
U
S
. v. Jackson
69
,
Fed
Appx
658
(5th
Cir
2003)
and
U
S
. v. Jackson
,
2005
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
33111
(N
D
Tex
2005) | Internet
tin | No
specific
information
available
other
than
of
Internet
use
to
lure
minor
boys
for
oral
sex.
Magistrate
judge
recommended
vacating
sentence
of
180
months
because
trial
court
applied
enhancement
for
criminal
sexual
abuse
defined
in
as
2241
&
2242
because
prisoner's
crime
did
fall
not
into
the
definition | meeting
up
2422(b);
2252(a)(4)(3);
2253
Not
Consummated | | COURT | CASES | FACII
ITY | FACTS/CONIMUN1CATION | 1
,
, | | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | | | v. Jackson
U
S
,
LEXIS
539
S
U
2002
2002)
Tex
(N
D | Internet
Sting | Internet
ad
placed
Defendant
on
an
an
oral
have
for
boy
looking
to
site
sex;
with
conversations
graphic
continued
sexual
describing
acts
for
months
"boy"
arranged
to
perform;
sent
would
he
porn;
did
not
for
but
yr-old
boy"
"13
meet
sex
&
communications
continued
show;
mall
for
at
arranged
meet
to
sex
,
when
he
arrested
confirmation;
telephone
found
police
"boy";
the
meet
went
to
computer
child
porn
on
denied
vacate
Motion
to | 2422(6)
Consummated
Not
meeting
for
Showed
up | | | | | | | | D
III
N | . v. Barked
U
S
,
LEX1S
Dist
S
U
2004
2004)
III
(N
D
27162 | Internet
stinv | arranged
Internet;
Communications
over
yr-old"
"15
traveled
meet
&
to
meet
to
meeting
arrested
for
at
sex;
denied
dismiss
Defendant's
motion
to | 2423
2422(b);
Consummated
Not | | | . v. Echt
S
U
,
LEXIS
U
S
Dist
2001
2001)
Ill
(ND
25970 | Internet
Sting | availablefacts
information
No
ground
dismiss
motion
Defendant's
to
on
applies
to
"knowingly"
in
statute
that
age
denied
victim
of
the | 2422(b)
Consummated
Not | | | | | | | | t
47 • ":
v | | | | | | | ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | ND | U
S
Patten
Y
2003
U
S
,
Dist
LEXIS
16072
(S
E
N
D
2003) | | Internet | Internet
chat
communications
room
with
"16
yr-old";
sexually
explicit
conversations;
arranged
for
to
meet
sex;
arrested
meeting
at
Motion
dismiss
to
denied | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | U
S
. v. Morrison
,
2003
WL
24054501
(S
E
N
D
2003) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | Internet
chat
29
yr-old
male
room;
entered
chat
communications
with
room
"16
yr-old";
discussed
different
acts
sex
with
her;
asked
if
she
would
his
to
come
house
to
"fool
around";
her
his
gave
address
and
arranged
for
her
to
come;
arrested
by
police
who
his
went
to
house
the
meeting
at
time
Appealed
his
conviction
on grounds
that
no actual
minor
was involved
and
that
is
statute
unconstitutional
Conviction
affirmed | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated | | | | | | | | | COURT | CASES | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | 01/34IGE | | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | D
Neb | . v. Jackson
U
S'
,
2007
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
33639
(D
Neb
2007)
\*
State
Conspiracy
charge
dropped
federal
, no
conspiracy | Internet
Sting | Internet
chats
with
"14
yr-old";
arranged
to
for
meet
drove
sex;
to
meeting
place
with
his
daughter;
left
but
police
arrested
him
his
at
home
State
charge
of
conspiracy
of
sexual
assault
dropped
because
conspiracy
no
charge
allowed
in
Nebraska
with
undercover
agent
conspirator
as
Defendant
filed
motion
in
limine
to
exclude
cut
and
paste
portions
of
Internet
conversations
&
motion
to
dismiss
because
of
pre-indictment
delay
Case
dismissed
because
of
delay | 2422(6)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting
but
la
*
State
Conspiracy
Dropped* | | N
D
Ind | U
S
. v. Capozzoli
,
2007
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
2812
(N
D
Ind
2007) | Internet
Sting | Internet
conversations
with
"minor"
followed
by
telephone
calls;
sexually
explicit
conversations
regarding
masturbation
Defendant
ordered
detained
without
bail | 242204
Not
Consummated | | COURT | CASES | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION

| CHARGE | | ----- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------ | | | S
U
. v. Candiano
,
2005
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
18206
(N
D
Ind
2005) | Internet
Sting
by
private
group | Defendant
propositioned
"13
yr-old"
on
Internet
&
telephone
&
arranged
to
for
meet
times;
3
member
did
sex
group
show;
not
organization
posted
his
chat
conversations
on the
Internet
room
&
he
responded | ,-.
2422(b)
Not
Consummated | | | | | Defendant
moved
dismiss
to
&
revoke
detention
order;
motions
denied | | | | U
S
. v. Wallace
2006
S
U
Dist
LEXIS
(ND
92609
Ind
2006) | Jnternet
Sting | Sexually
explicit
Internet
communications
with
"13
yr-old";
masturbated
in
front
of
webcam
&
encouraged
"minor"to
do
the
same. | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated | | | | | For
of
section
3156(a)(4)(B)
purpose
,
2422(b)
charge
is
a crime
of
violence
and
creates
a rebuttable
presumption
in
favor
of
retention;
defendant
held
without
bond | | | | | | | | | 1
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2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS
90073 (E.D. Pa. 2006)
* Conspiracy | | No
Information | Foreign travel; wiretapped phone &
obtained phone records.
Conspiracy to engage in illicit sexual
conduct in foreign places in violation of
18 U.S.C. § 2423(e).
Defendant seeks Jencks Act material | 2422(6);
2423
Consummated
\*Conspiracy
2423(e) | | | U.S. v. Rosenberg,
2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS
19160 (E.D. Pa. 2004) | | Internet
Sting | prior to witness testifying.
58 yr-old computer instructor at public
elementary school engaged in sexually
explicit Internet communications with
"13 yr-old" for over a year; 2 telephone
conversations; arranged to meet but
defendant did not show; arranged for
another meeting 11 months later &
arrested at the mall where they were
supposed to meet.
Allowed to be released on bail because
not a flight risk. | 2422(b)
Not Consummated
Showed up for meeting | | COURT | CASES | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | U
S
. v. Tykarsky
,
2004
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
2567
(E
D
Pa
2004) | Internet
Stine | Internet
chat
"lloveoldermen2"
room
defendant
initiated
communications
with
"14
yr-old";
sexually
explicit
conversations
over
several
sessions;
told
her
he
wanted
to
perform
sexual
acts
with
her
&
described
in
detail;
made
arrangements
to
for
meet
arrested
sex;
at
the
mall | .:
2422(b);
2423
Not
Consummated
Showed
for
meeting
up | | | | | where
they
to
were
meet
Motion
to
denied
suppress
because
defendant
gave
consent
to
search
residence | | | | U
S
. v. Lester
,
268
F
Supp
2d
514
(E
D
Pa
2003) | Internet | Internet
chat
high
room;
school
teacher
corresponded
with
"7th
grader"
in
chat
followed
room;
by
telephone
conversations;
sent
2
images
of
child
the
porn
Internet
over
Defendant
motion
for
downward | 2422(b);
2252
Not
Consummated | | | | | sentence
departure
based
diminished
on
capacity
denied | | | COUsgt | ASES.-,
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M.D. Pa. | U.S. Y Garcia.
2005 WL 1862409 (M.D.
Pa. 2005);
see also U.S. v. Garcia,
Slip Copy, 2007 WL
Cir.
986874 (3i4
2007)(Unpublished) supra | Unpublished | Internet | 55 yr-old man established contact with
14 yr-old on the Internet — through IM
& emails; when their 14 yr-old daughter
was absent from school her parents
reported her missing; police found out
that a man had called girl's school to say
she would not be in that day; daughter's
friend told police that the girl had been
communicating regularly with a 55 yr
old from California on the Internet for 3-
4 months; he had given her a cellular
phone; he expressed a desire to have
sexual intercourse with the girl and told
her he was coming to see her; defendant
picked the girl up at a bus stop and had
sexual intercourse with her; when girl
returned home she told police what
happened | 2422(b); 2423(h)
Consummated | | W.D.N.C. | \*\*\*U.S. v. Howard,
2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS
67214 (W.D.N.C. 2006)
\*\*\*Conspiracy/Pimps | | Prostitution | No specific information other than case
involved interstate and underage
prostitution, money laundering, crack
distribution & firearms possession.
Defendant's motion for new trial denied. | 2423;
2422(6);
1956
No Information
\*\*\*Conspiracy/
Pimps | | COURT | CASES | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | N.D.
Ohio | Chilleme v. U.S
2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS
25920 (N.D. Ohio 2006)
Dismissed by 2006 U.S.
Dist. LEXIS 38800 | Internet
Sting | Defendant believed he was
of"12
year
communicating with
mother
old" and set up plans to meet for sex with
both mother & daughter; traveled from
Florida to Ohio to do so; arrested at
meeting.
Defendant pled guilty; sought habeas
relief from his 60 month sentence; court
will conduct evidentiary hearing. | 2422(b);
2423
Not Consummated
Showed up for meeting | | E.D. Cal. | U.S. v. Carter,
2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS
22501 (E.D. Cal. 2006) | Internet
Stin_g | Internet chat room "preteen parents
who share"; defendant wants to have sex
with daughter while mother watches;
Internet email & chat room & telephone
communications; arranged to meet &
traveled to do so - arrested at airport.
Motion to dismiss denied because no
actual minor required; claims he did not
believe that he was communicating with
a minor irrelevant to attempt charge;
Congress has power under commerce
clause; rule of lenity not applicable
because 2422(b) is not ambiguous ;
2422(6) only regulates conduct not
speech. | 2422(b)
Not Consummated
Showed up for meeting | | COURT | ,
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D
Wis | U
S
. v. Davidson
,
2006
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
95757
(E
D
Wis
2006) | | Internet
Sting | No
information
available
but
to
appears
showed
for
meeting
up
arranged
through
Internet
Constitutionality
of
2423(b)
upheld;
neither
statute
requires
actual
minor;
indictment
need
not
specify
the
sexual
conduct | 2422(b);
2423;
2252(a)(2)
&
(a)(4)(B)
Not
Consummated | | | U
S
. v. Doyle
,
2007
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
11429
(E
D
Wis
2007) | | Internet
sin | which
upon
it
is
based
No
information
available
but
appears
to
have
showed
for
up
meeting
arranged
through
Internet | 2422(6);
2423;
2252(a)(2)
&
(a)(4)(13)
Not
Consummated | | W
D
Va | U
S
. v. Jabbour
,
2007
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
13659
(W
D
Va
2007)
Magistrate
judge
report
and
recommendation
(adopted
by
2007
U
S
Dist
LEXISI8262
(W
D
Va
2007) | | Internet
Sting | Numerous
online
chats
with
"mother"
of
girls
interested
young
in
arranging
sex;
arranged
to
have
with
girls
sex
and
traveled
do
to
so;
computer
revealed
videos
&
photos
of
adult/infant
,
adult/minor
, minor/animal
sex.
Magistrate
recommended
accepting
defendant's
guilty
plea
to
2422(b);
2252A(a)(5)(B)
&(b)(2);
and
2256(8)(A) | 22422(6);
2423(6);
2252A(a)(5)(B)
&
(b)(2);
and
2256(8)(A)
Not
Consummated
Showed
for
meeting
up | | COURT | CASES | | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | DC | U.S. v. Curtis,
2005 WL 3312951 (D.D.C.
2005) | Unpublished | No
Information | No information available.
Found guilty. Defendant's motion for
new trial denied. | 2422(b; 2423(b); 2421;
2252(a)(1); 2252(a)( I )
& (aX5)(B); 2256;
1512(b)(1)& (b)(2)(A)
No Information | | | | | | | | | D. Conn. | U.S. v. Kufrovich,
997 F. Supp. 246 (D.
Conn. 1997) | | No
Information | No information available but indicated
use of telephone, intemet and mail
he-trial motions. Charged with using
telephone wires, Internet and U.S. mail.
Overruled by United States v. Griffith,
284 F.3d 338, 351 (2d Cir. 2002). | 2422(b);
2423
No Information | | | U.S. v. Rivera.
2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS
65971 (D. Conn. 2006) | | No
Information | No information available
Defendant's motion for acquittal on
charge of 2252A denied. | 2422(b); 2423(b);
2251(a) and
2252A(a)(5)(B)
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S
. v. Sweeney
,
2006
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
73025
(D
Conn
2006) | Internet
aim | Internet
chat
room
"Ilovemucholdermen"several
explicit
conversations
of
sadistic
behavior
sexual
with
"13
yr-old";
arranged
to
meet
"minor"
and
arrested
when
left
his
home
to
do
so.
Pled
guilty
to
2422(b);
challenged
sentencing
enhancements
and
claimed
ineffective
counsel;
court
denied
all
motions
and
refused
issue
to
certificate
of
appealability
and
entered
judgment
for
respondent | 2422(b)
Not
Consummate)
Attempted
to
show
tip
for
meeting | | | | | | | | N
D
Al | U
S
. v. Powell
1
F
Supp
2d
1419
(N
D
Ala
1998) | Internet
Sting | No
information
available
Motion
to
dismiss
indictment
denied | 2422(b);
2423(b) | | | | | | Not
Consummated | | W
D
La | U
S
. v. Kretser
,
2007
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
45441
(W
D
La
2007) | Internet
Stins | Internet
chat
during
which
defendant
told
"minor"
they
would
be
going
to
a
motel
for
sexual
activity
&
he
would
bring
digital
to
take
camera
photos
Sentencing
guideline
is
set
range
at
235-
293
months
in
light
of
enhancements | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated | | | | | | | | COURT | CASES | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | III
D
W | . v. Miller
S
U
(N
D
2d
946
Supp
F
102
2000)
III | Internet
am | agent
undercover
with
Communications
arranged
meet
specified;
to
— method
not
was arrested
and | 2422(b)
and
child
transporting
pornography | | | | | | Consummated
Not | | Wis | Wisconsin
of
State
v.
N
W
2d
287
Robins
646
,
2002)
(Wis | Internet
Sin | explicit
room; sexually
chat
Internet
self
depicting
photos
conversations;
sent
boys
of
other
minor
&
erect
have
arranged
meet
to
to
masturbating;
arrested
when
boy";
yr-old
sex with
"13
meet
he
went
to
affirmed
circuit's
2422(b);
guilty
Pled
to
defendant's
motion
to
order
denying
does
of
crime
attempt
because
dismiss
minor
require
actual
not | 2422(6)
Consummated
Not
meeting
up for
Showed | | | | | | | | Ind
N
D | . v. Rouhselang
S
U
,
LEXIS
U
S
Dist
2006
2006)
Ind
(N
D
62024 | Interne(
Stine | explicit
sexually
yr-old"
online;
"13
Met
sex with
having
admitted
chats;
to
take
he
suggested
young girl;
another
oral
for
arranged
meet
to
photos;
sex;
camera in
had
meeting
place;
arrested
at
possession
his
bond
without
ordered
held
Defendant | 2422(b)
Consummated
Not
meeting
up for
Showed | | COURT | CASES | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------ | | | U
S
Fuller
v.
,
U
S
2006
Dist
LEXIS
63722
(N
D
Ind
2006) | Interne(
Sting | Defendant
chatted
online
with
"13
yr
old";
agreed
drive
to
"girl's
to
apartment"
to
in
sexual
activity;
engage
arrested
when
he
showed
up. | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated | | | | | Defendant
held
without
bond | Showed
for
meeting
up | | | U
S
Davey
. v.
, | Interne( | Internet
chat
communications
room | 2422(b) | | | 2006
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
92427
(N
D
Ind
2006) | Sling | with
"15
12/
yr-old"
girl;
graphic
sexually
explicit
reference
to
what
he
would
like
do
to
with
her;
arranged
have
to
sex;
arrested
when
he
showed
up. | Not
Consummated | | | | ' | Court
denied
for
government
request
pre
trial
detention | Showed
for
meeting
up | | | U
S
Lohman
. v. | Internet | Series
of
online
conversations
with
"13 | 2422(b) | | | 2006
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
79073
(N
Ind
D
2006) | Sting | yr-old";
arranged
for
to
meet
offered
sex;
bring
to
film;
arrested
when
he
porn
showed
meeting
at
place
up | Not
Consummated | | | | | Court
denied
defendant's
motion
to
revoke
detention
order
because
2422(b)
constitutes
crime
of
violence
which
a
created
presumption
of
detainment
a | Showed
for
meeting
up | | | | | | | | C9URT
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D
N
Y | U
S
. v. Friedman
,
2006
U
S
Dist
LEX1S
59445
(W
D
N
Y
2006) | | Internet | Internet
communications
with
14
yr-old
victim
trying
to
entice
her
to
have
scx;
misrepresented
his
18
yrs-old
age
as
when
in
actuality
he
in
his
40s;
he
was
her
met
at
a mall
and
took
her
the
out
to
woods
have
to
with
her;
caught
sex
by
mall
security
Challenged
81
month
sentence
because
he
had
prior
convictions
no
Court
affirmed
sentence
because
defendant
did
not
recognize
wrongfulness
of
his
conduct | 2422(b);
2423(b)
\[miscited
in
case
as
4243(6)1
Consummated/Force? | | D
Haw | U
S
. v. Schnepper
,
302
F
Supp
2d
1170
(D
Haw
2004) | | Internet | Internet
used
to
entice
minor
and
transfer
obscene
material
Defendant
;challenged
constitutionality
of
sentencing
guidelines
post
Booker;
denied
court
defendant's
motion
to
impose
sentence
without
reference
to
sentencing
guidelines | 1470;
2422(b)
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Information | | .: '''''
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D
Miss | S
U
. v. Luxford
,
Copy
Slip
2007
WL
,
1729589
(S
D
Miss
2007) | Slip
Copy | No
Information | No
information
available
Motion
to
transfer
denied
is
Discusses
alleged
victim
and
her
friend
as
witnesses
so implication
that
an actual
minor
was involved
and
not
an
undercover
operation | 2422(b)
No
Information | | | | | | | | | N
D
Iowa | . v. Townsend
U
S
,
Slip
Copy
WL
2007
,
(N
1320495
D
Iowa
2007) | Copy
Slip | No
Information | No
information
available
Order
accepting
Magistrates
and
report
recommendation
to
defendant's
accept
guilty
plea | 2422(b)
No
Information | | D
Kan | U
S
. v. Kelly
,
2000
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
(D
Kan
5293
2000) | | Internet | Although
he
began
using
computer
to
solicit
the
victim
when
she
was 15
yrs
old
government's
evidence
was that
defendant's
was to
in
purpose
engage
consensual
when
victim
turned
16
sex
Defendant's
motion
dismiss
to
of
counts
2422(b)
and
2423(h)
granted
because
consensual
with
16
yr-old
is
sex
not
criminal
sexual
conduct
defined
by
109A | 2422(b);
2423(b);
1512
(witness
tampering
)
No
Information | | C
U
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CHARGE | | ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | U.S. V. Riccardi
,
258
P
Supp
2d
1212
(D
Kan
2003) | No
information | No
specific
information
available
other
than
; telephone
calls
3
different
to
minor
males
Defendant
found
guilty
&
filed
motion
for
judgment
of
acquittal
and/or
new
trial
, which
was denied | 2252(a)(4)(B);
2422(b)
No
Information | | | | | | | | E
D
Ky | U
S
. v. Kimberly
,
2005
U
S
Dist
LEXIS
27955
(E
D
Ky
2005) | Internet | Defendant
15
yr-old
met
on the
Internet;
solicited
sex from
her
on the
Internet;
arranged
her
to
for
meet
her
and
sex; met
had
sex.
Pled
guilty
Motion
withdraw
to
guilty
plea
denied | 2422(3)
Consummated | | | | | | | | D
Nev | U
S
. v. Johnson
445
F
Supp
2d
1181
(D
Nev
2006) | Internet
Sting
(by
state) | Internet
communications;
arranged
to
for
meet
sex and
for
meet
sex; state
charges
dropped
but
federal
charges
made;
Defendant
contested
"illegal
arrest";
state
Motion
to
suppress denied | 2252A(a)(5)
(B);
2422(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
up for
meeting | | | | | | | | COURT | CASES | | FACILITY | FACTS/COMMUNICATION | CHARGE | | ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | A.F. Ct.
Crim.
App. | U.S. v. Filipkowski.
2002 CCA LEXIS 70 (A.F.
Ct. Crim. App. 2002) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting | Internet chat room "M4M";
conversations with "15 yr-old male";
sexually charged conversations; arranged
to meet; arrested at mall when he showed
up.
Appellate court affirmed conviction & 2
year sentence. | 2422(6); 10 U.S.C.
890, 892 & 934
Not Consummated
Showed up for meeting | | | U.S. v. Moffeit,
2004 CCA LEXIS 55 (A.F.
Ct. Crim. App. 2004) | Unpublished | Internet | Defendant set up website seeking girls
13-20 yrs-old for pagan rituals;
pornographic images retrieved from his
disks.
Sentenced 45 months, dishonorable
discharge, total forfeiture of pay.
Conviction & sentence affirmed. | 2422(b); 2252A;
10 U.S.C. 934
Not Consummated | | | U.S. v. lionzik,
2003 CCA LEXIS 280
(A.F. Ct. Crim. App. 2003) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting
by private
organization | Internet chat room "Older Men for
Younger Girls" ; communicated with "13
yr-old"; sexually explicit as to what he
would like to do to her; asked her to
shave pubic area & arranged to meet for
sex; sent info about hotel reservations &
telephone number; suggested that she
perform oral sex on him; drove to meet
her arrested when he showed up
Sentenced to 8 years, dishonorable
discharge. Court affirmed conviction but
reduced sentence to 7 years. | 2422(b); 2252A;
10 U.S.C. 880 & 934
Not Consummated
Showed up for meeting | | ,1
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,
64
M
J
559
(A
F
Ct
Crim
App
2006) | | Internet
Sting | Contacted
"14
yr-old"
through
Internet
instant
service;
message
turned
conversation
towards
sex; asked
if
she
would
for
meet
sex; arranged
for
to
meet
sex; arrested
when
he
showed
up.
Sentence
9
years. Conviction
affirmed
but
sentence
reduced
6
to
years. | 2422(b);
10
U
S
C
880
892
&
,
934
Not
Consummated | | | U
S | | | | Showed
up for
meeting | | | . v. Gray
,
2006
CCA
LEXIS
130
(A
F
Ct
Crim
App
.,
2006) | Unpublished | Internet
Stint | Internet
chat
room conversations;
propositioned
"14
yr-old";
arranged
to
for
meet
sex; arrested
when
he
went
to
her
house | 2422(b);
10
U
S
C
880
&
934 | | | | | | Conviction
of
indecent
exposure
set
aside;
all
other
convictions
affirmed | Not
Consummated | | | U
S
. v. Amador | Unpublished | | | Showed
up for
meeting | | | ,
61
M
J
. 619
(A
F
Ct
Crim
App
2005) | | Internet
tlag | Chatted
with
"13
yr-old"
on several
occasions;
arranged
to
meet
mall;
at
have
sex; shower
&
dinner;
go to
arrested
when
he
showed
the | 2422(b);
10
U
S
C
920
&
934 | | | | | | up at
mall | Not
Consummated | | | | | | | Showed
up for
meeting | | ;f | \]Cti
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Marine
Ct
Crim
App | U
S
. v. Boggs
,
2007
CCA
LEXIS
196
(N
M
Ct
Crim
App
2007) | Unpublished | Internet
Sting
private
by
organization | tf,.:
/::r494
zr-i.
:.,, ••3 1
Internet
chat
room,
email
&
telephone
contact;
sexually
explicit
conversations;
arranged
&
traveled
to
for
meet
sex;
arrested
at
meeting
place
Sentenced
to
8
dishonorable
years,
discharge
&
reduction
in
grade
pay
found
unreasonably
&
reduced
severe
to
3
years. | b
:ii,
%:.,
2422(b)
,
2252A(a)(5)B);
10
U
S
C
880
&
934
Not
Consummated
Showed | | | U
S
. v. Heisler
,
2005
CCA
LEXIS
131
(N
M
Ct
Crim
App
2005);
Affirmed
at
U
S
. v. Heisler
,
64
M
J
82
(C
A
A
F
2006) | Unpublished | Internet
Slag | Emails
with
several
minor
boys;
arranged
to
meet
"15
yr-old
boy"
for
sex;
arrested
at
meeting
Appellate
court
affirmed
conviction | for
meeting
up
Article
134
UCMJ
,
(which
incorporates
18
U
S
C
2422(b))
&
134;
10
U
S
C
880
&
934
Not
Consummated | | | U
S
. v. Proctor
,
2007
CCA
LEXIS
187
(N
M
Ct
Crim
App
2007) | Unpublished | Jnternet
Sting
by
private
organization | 19
yr-old
contacted
"12
yr-old"
&
"14
yr-old"
several
over
months;
sexually
explicit
conversations;
arranged
to
meet
for
but
did
sex
not
show
Conviction
and
sentence
affirmed | Showed
for
meeting
up
2422(b);
10
U
S
C
886
891
&
934
,
Not
Consummated | | COURT
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, | CP4etRGI | | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | | C
A
A
F | U
S
Brooks
. v.
,
60
M
J
(C
495
A
A
F
2005) | Internet
leading
to
Internet
St
d | Internet
chat
defendant
initiated
room;
communications
with
private
citizen
in
chat
citizen
room;
reported
to
police
&
Internet
Sting
began;
he
continued
contact
&
arranged
to
for
meet
and
sex
told
her
bring
to
"8
yr-old"
neighbor;
arrested
in
hotel
where
supposed
to
meet
Conviction
affirmed | 2422(b)
Not
Consummated
Showed
for
meeting
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