Kevin Lee Butler, Child Exploitation, Florida 2011

A former Marine has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity over the internet.

Kevin Lee Butler, 23, of Quincy, Florida, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for using the internet to attempt to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.

The sentence was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

Butler replied to an internet ad posted as part of an undercover investigation conducted by the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in October 2011.

During the course of the exchanges, Butler made arrangements to travel to Tallahassee for the purpose of having sex with the 12-year-old. When he arrived at the meeting place, he was arrested.

Butler pled guilty to this offense in January. As part of Butler’s sentence, United States District Judge Robert L. Hinkle also imposed a lifetime term of supervised release, with the conditions that Butler attend sex offender treatment, that he register as a sex offender, and that his computers, and other electronic devices be subject to search by his probation officer and by law enforcement.

United States Attorney Marsh credited the success of this prosecution to the joint efforts of the agencies participating in the North Florida ICAC, particularly Homeland Security Investigations, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the United States Marshals Service, and the Tallahassee Police Department.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Herbert Lindsey.

Mandatory Facts:

Defendant: Kevin Lee Butler
Criminal Charge: Using the internet to attempt to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity
City and State: Quincy, Florida
Date: October 2011 (crime date)
Sentence: 10 years in federal prison

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