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Secret Service Officer Indicted for Sending Obscene Images to Minor
A federal grand jury in Wilmington, Delaware, indicted Lee Robert Moore, 37, on one count of attempting to transfer obscene materials to a minor, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell and U.S. Attorney Charles M. Oberly III announced today.
Moore was employed by the U.S. Secret Service-Uniformed Division and was assigned to the White House at the time of his arrest on November 9, 2015. He has remained in custody since his arrest.
According to the indictment and court documents filed in the case, Moore allegedly maintained a profile on the social media application ‘Meet24,’ which provides a mobile-based platform for exchanging digital images, as well as voice and text messages. Delaware State Police Detectives with the Delaware Child Predator Task Force created a profile on this site, posing as a 14-year-old girl, with whom Moore allegedly engaged in a number of online chat sessions via the ‘Meet24’ and ‘Kik’ mobile apps over a two-month period, including while Moore was at work.
A number of the online chats allegedly between Moore and the supposed female minor were sexual in nature and, on several occasions, Moore allegedly sent pictures of himself, including one depicting his penis.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Delaware Child Predator Task Force conducted the investigation. Trial Attorney Amy E. Larson and Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward J. McAndrew are prosecuting the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.
Moore has been charged with one count of attempting to transfer obscene materials to a minor (18 U.S.C. § 1470). He is currently in custody.
Key Facts
- State: Delaware
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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