TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – James Deon Korfhage, 37, of Griffin, Georgia, was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity.
According to testimony at sentencing, in March 2015, Korfhage met a 17-year-old minor through a website on which he used a false name and represented himself to be a 19-year-old. Korfhage arranged to meet and have sex with the victim in Tallahassee.
On March 4, 2015, Korfhage drove from the Atlanta, Georgia, area to Tallahassee. The victim crept from her parents’ home and met Korfhage, who drove her to a local hotel where the two had sex. Law enforcement agents later discovered that the victim had sent Korfhage nude photographs of herself and that Korfhage had taken photographs of the victim during their sexual activities.
On April 24, 2015, Korfhage was arrested in Georgia on the indictment charging him with using the internet to entice the minor victim to engage in sexual activity. Within minutes of being contacted by police, Korfhage deleted the photographs he had taken of the victim from his cellular telephone. However, a forensic examiner was able to recover them later.
The government offered evidence showing that Korfhage routinely used the internet to solicit minors for sex. The government also introduced evidence that, while pending trial, Korfhage offered to pay others to intimidate the victim and dissuade her from testifying.
After incarceration, Korfhage will serve 10 years of supervised release, during which he will be required to complete sex offender treatment, will be prohibited from unsupervised contact with children, and will be subject to a search of his residence, possessions, and electronics. He will be required to register as a sex offender in any location where he resides, works, or attends school.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Jason R. Coody and Michael T. Simpson.
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Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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