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Fed Indictment: Louisville Man Transported Minors Across State Lines with Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity
A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned an indictment on June 21, 2023, charging Brian Anthony Sauer, 44, with four counts of transporting a minor in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
According to the indictment and a previously filed criminal complaint, during the late hours of May 7, 2023, going into May 8, 2023, Brian Anthony Sauer transported three minor girls who had run away from a residential care facility in Louisville, Kentucky, to Clarksville, Indiana, and subsequently engaged in sexual activity with the girls.
Sauer ultimately drove all three girls to a trailer park in the southwest area of Jefferson County, Kentucky, where he left them on May 10, 2023.
Sauer previously made his initial appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and he was ordered detained pending trial. Sauer is scheduled for arraignment on June 23, 2023.
If convicted, Sauer faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and maximum potential penalties of life in prison, a $250,000.00 fine, and at least five years of supervised release. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. There is no parole in the federal system.
The Louisville Metro Police Department’s Crimes Against Children Unit is investigating the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jo E. Lawless is prosecuting the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Key Facts
- State: Kentucky
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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