PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA – In a shocking turn of events, Jeffrey Monroe Roy, a 48-year-old man from Mobile, Alabama, was found guilty of using the Internet to attempt to persuade, induce, and entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.
According to the evidence presented during the two-day trial, Roy responded to an online advertisement posted by law enforcement officers on Craigslist, posing as a 13-year-old female. Over the next three days, Roy engaged in email chats and telephone calls that were sexual in nature with a person he believed to be a 13-year-old female named Jaz.
During his communications with Jaz, Roy discussed numerous sexual situations and attempted to entice the 13-year-old female to engage in sexual activity with him. After making arrangements to meet the 13-year-old female, Roy drove from Mobile, Alabama to meet with 13-year-old Jaz at a predetermined location on June 16, 2012, where he was arrested and found to be in possession of Viagra, condoms, a camera, a knife, handcuffs, a first aid kit, and a deck of 52 sex position cards.
As a result of the guilty verdict, Roy faces a sentence of ten years to life in prison on Count One of the Indictment, attempted online enticement of a minor, and a sentence of up to thirty years in prison on Count Two of the Indictment, traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Roy also faces a fine of up to $250,000, not less than five years and up to a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment on both counts.
According to Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, the success of this prosecution was due to the joint efforts of the agencies participating in the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program, particularly U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, the United States Marshals Service, Bay County Sheriff’s Office, and the Gainesville Police Department.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Kathryn Risinger. Sentencing is set for November 20, 2013 at 10 a.m.
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Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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