George Daniel McGavitt, Child Exploitation, Texas 2023

A 47-year-old man from Magnolia, Texas, has been sentenced to life in prison for coercing a young girl into creating child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.

George Daniel McGavitt pleaded guilty on March 11, 2023.

Today, District Judge Gray Miller sentenced him to serve life for the coercion and enticement. He also received 360 and 120 months for the production and possession charges, respectively. He will also be ordered to register as a sex offender. Restitution will be determined at a later date.

The investigation into McGavitt began on May 26, 2019. The barely-teenage victim had advised her parents she had been involved in an online relationship with an adult male known as 'Daniel McGavitt,' who she believed resided in Texas. The pair had been communicating via Facebook. On several occasions, McGavitt had requested she send him nude photographs or videos of herself engaging in sex acts.

The victim also detailed an occasion in April 2019 when McGavitt traveled to Arkansas and engaged in sexual intercourse with her multiple times. Authorities investigated three different Facebook accounts, including those of the victim and the profiles McGavitt utilized. That investigation revealed voluminous communications between them, with at least three images depicting the victim engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

McGavitt has been and will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/magnolia-man-gets-life-exploiting-young-female-he-met-and-communicated-roblox-and