Adam Shilow, Sexually Exploiting a Minor, Louisiana 2016

Eunice Man Convicted of Sexually Exploiting a Minor

Alexandria, La. - Adam Shilow, 36, of Eunice, La., has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for convincing a minor to send him sexually explicit pictures.

Shilow was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell on one count of receiving material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor. He was also sentenced to 25 years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender.

According to the July 12, 2016 guilty plea, Shilow contacted a 12-year-old female using an internet-based communication application in October 2013. He portrayed his identity as a juvenile male with his same name. They exchanged sexually explicit pictures of each other in November 2013.

The juvenile’s mother notified law enforcement of Shilow’s activities after noticing an inappropriate message on her daughter’s phone on November 15, 2013.

Homeland Security Investigations, the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, and the Nassau County of New York Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Myers P. Namie prosecuted the case.

This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Homeland Security Investigations/Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at (866) DHS-2ICE. Investigators are available at all hours to answer hotline calls. Tips or other information can also be submitted to ICE online at www.ice.gov/exec/forms/hsi-tips/tips.asp. Tips may be submitted anonymously.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdla/pr/eunice-man-sentenced-180-months-prison-sexually-exploiting-minor