Jeremy Wayne Leggett, Attempting to Entice a Child, Florida 2023

A convicted child sex offender has been brought to justice after pleading guilty to attempting to entice a 13-year-old to engage in sexual activity.

Jacksonville, Florida resident Jeremy Wayne Leggett, 38, faces a minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison, and a potential lifetime term of supervised release.

Leggett was previously convicted in Florida in 2020 of traveling to meet a minor to commit an unlawful sexual offense and transmitting harmful materials to a minor, making him a registered child sex offender.

According to court documents, on June 16, 2023, an undercover FBI agent in the Jacksonville area, posing as a minor child, was working online in a particular social media application to identify individuals seeking to contact and engage in sexual activity with children.

Leggett, who was using the app user name ‘dAddi,’ posted a notice in a public chatroom that read ‘Lookingfor[under 18 emoji] wannaspoiladaughter.’ During this online conversation, Leggett was advised that the ‘child’ was 13 years old and he asked if the ‘child’ ‘[l]ike[d] older men,’ and sent the ‘child’ a photo of himself.

On June 19, 2023, Leggett and the ‘child’ made arrangements to meet at a location in Jacksonville. Later that evening, Leggett went to the agreed-upon location and drove around the parking lot for about 30 minutes. When law enforcement officers attempted to make contact with Leggett, he quickly reversed his vehicle and fled the scene. A short time later, officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and FBI agents located Leggett at a home in Jacksonville and he was arrested.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney D. Rodney Brown.

Leggett’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 28, 2025.

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