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Evansville Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Child Exploitation
An Evansville man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after admitting to attempting to produce child pornography.
Floyd Patrick Williams, 48, was sentenced on April 2012 after an Evansville Police Department officer observed him following young boys into the bathroom of the Evansville Central Library.
According to court documents, Williams was seen taking pictures of the boys using a camera phone over the stall opening. A witness reported that Williams had put the phone over the stall and appeared to be taking pictures of the victim.
Williams was later arrested by the Evansville Police Department and found to be in possession of a phone and a ‘thumb drive’ containing video recordings of minor boys urinating in public restrooms, including the Evansville Central Library.
A search of Williams’ criminal history revealed a 2007 felony voyeurism conviction in Indianapolis for taking photographs of young boys in public restrooms.
Williams was ordered to serve lifetime supervised release at the end of his prison term, bringing the total to 15 years in prison.
The case was the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Crimes Task Force, along with the Evansville Police Department.
This prosecution comes as part of Operation Community Watch, a new effort to reduce the abuse of Hoosier children through new investigative techniques and aggressive prosecution.
U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett said, ‘Working with our Operation Community Watch partners in Vanderburgh County and around the state, we are sending a warning to those who seek to exploit Hoosier children.’
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
In the last Project Safe Childhood reporting year, the Office prosecuted 52 defendants, an increase of 37% over the prior year, and 49 defendants were convicted and sentenced.
The Office conviction rate for PSC cases was 100%, a level it has been at since 1991.
The greatest measure of the PSC program’s impact, however, is the identification and rescue of child victims of sexual exploitation and abuse.
Over the last year, the U.S. Attorney’s Office successfully identified more than 120 child victims, including minors in Indiana, numerous places in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, and other countries around the world.
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.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
Key Facts
- State: Indiana
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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