A person whose deal with was listed within the Truman Annex neighborhood of Key West was sentenced to 10 years in federal jail for trying to have interaction in sexual exercise with a baby after speaking on-line with a person he believed to be a 13-year-old lady.
U.S. District Decide Darrin P. Gayles imposed the sentence on Clifford Frederic Lind, 41, who used the web alias “it’s what it’s.” Lind pleaded responsible in April to trying to switch obscene materials to a minor and trying to entice a minor.
In accordance with courtroom paperwork and statements made in courtroom, between Could 29 and June 4, 2024, Lind exchanged messages via social media and textual content messages with somebody he believed was an underage lady. Throughout these exchanges, which passed off whereas Lind was in Key West, he despatched sexually express photos and movies of himself and requested photos from the person he believed to be a minor. Lind additionally mentioned plans to fulfill the purported 13-year-old in particular person to have interaction in express sexual exercise, together with particulars about selecting her up and the place they might keep.
In accordance with courtroom paperwork, the person described the intimate acts he deliberate to do with the lady, and despatched movies of him masturbating to the web persona he thought was a 13-year-old lady named Gracie. (The web persona was truly an FBI agent posing as a younger teen.)
FBI Miami, Key West Resident Company investigated the case with assist from the Key West Police Division, in keeping with a press launch from the U.S. Division of Justice.
The case was introduced as a part of Venture Secure Childhood, a nationwide initiative to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in Could 2006 by the Division of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Places of work and the Prison Division’s Baby Exploitation and Obscenity Part (CEOS), Venture Secure Childhood marshals federal, state and native assets to search out, arrest and prosecute people who exploit youngsters through the Web, in addition to to establish and rescue victims. Extra info is at projectsafechildhood.gov.
Anybody with info regarding little one sexual exploitation or abuse is inspired to name the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI.