Colbi Trent Defiore, Attempting to Transfer Obscene Material to a Minor, Louisiana 2023

A disturbing case of child exploitation has come to light in Louisiana, with a Mississippi man being sentenced to 63 months in prison for attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor.

Colbi Trent Defiore, 30, of Carriere, Mississippi, was sentenced on May 17, 2023, by United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance after previously pleading guilty to attempting to transfer obscene matter to a minor, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1470.

According to court documents, Defiore was an adult male resident of Carriere, Mississippi, who was released on August 19, 2022, from a federal correctional institution upon completion of his sentence in an unrelated matter. Only days after his release, Defiore acquired a cellular phone and posted on a social media application that he desired a young girl.

Undercover FBI agents saw the post, pretended to be a 14-year-old female, and began corresponding with Defiore. During the correspondence on August 24, 2022, and August 25, 2022, Defiore provided additional factual details about himself, including his age, location, and recent release from prison. He also expressed an interest in engaging in sexual activity with the minor at her location in Slidell, Louisiana.

Defiore told the minor that he was attempting to obtain transportation to Slidell and provided her with directions to his location. He then encouraged her to travel to his location so they could engage in sexual activity. Further investigation revealed that, between about August 24, 2022, and August 25, 2022, Defiore sent the same or similar pictures to approximately four other individuals he believed to be minors under the age of 16 years old.

Defiore will serve three years of supervised release following his prison term and pay a $100 mandatory special assessment fee. He will also be required to register as a sex offender. 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.

U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans praised the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Jordan Ginsberg, Chief of the Public Integrity Unit, is in charge of the prosecution.

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