A San Antonio man has pleaded guilty to a heinous crime that will send shivers down the spines of parents everywhere. Adrian Scott Warren, 46, was charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children in a federal court in San Antonio.
According to court documents, Warren disclosed to another user in a private messaging app that he had been engaging in sexual contact with a prepubescent minor for several years. The depraved individual also told the app user that he was interested in meeting up to engage in sexual activity and watch child pornography that Warren would provide. Furthermore, Warren used the app to send two photos of an adult male sexually assaulting a child.
On August 4, 2022, Warren traveled to meet the messaging app user at a hotel, where he expected to engage in sexual acts with the user’s nine-year-old nephew. Instead, Warren was met by FBI agents who arrested him and seized his phone.
Warren is scheduled to be sentenced on February 21, 2024, and faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison, with a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and other law enforcement agencies.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracy Thompson is prosecuting the case, and the FBI is investigating.
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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