Federal Prison Sentence for Labelle Man Who Coerced a Minor
A 30-year-old man from Labelle, Florida, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his role in coercing a minor into engaging in sexual activity.
Daniel Carson Miller was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on August 20, 2024. Miller was found guilty of enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, receipt of child sexual abuse material, possessing and accessing with intent to view images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children, and transferring obscene matter to a minor.
According to court documents, Miller sought out and chatted with minors over the internet through the use of a social media application from June through December 19, 2023. In June 2023, a parent notified law enforcement that Miller, claiming to be 16 years old, had been chatting with a 13-year-old child using a social media application and soliciting sexually explicit images of the minor.
At Miller’s urging and direction, the teen sent sexually explicit photos and videos to Miller. In November 2023, the FBI executed a search warrant for Miller’s social media account. The account records revealed numerous conversations that Miller had with minors in which Miller asked the minors for explicit images of themselves. Miller also sent photos of his genitals to minors.
The FBI executed a search warrant at Miller’s residence in December 2023. Miller agreed to speak with agents and admitted to using a social media application to request child sexual abuse material from minors. He estimated that he had requested the material from approximately 100 minors and admitted to sending a photo of his genitals to approximately 200 minors.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fort Myers Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Yolande G. Viacava.
This case is another example of the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. The U.S. government has launched numerous initiatives to combat this issue, including Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.
Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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