A 25-year-old man from West Melbourne, Florida, has been charged with online enticement of a minor and attempted online enticement of a minor.
"Jonathan Tyler Prive is accused of using a means of interstate commerce to induce and coerce a minor individual into engaging in illegal sexual activity," said U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III.
According to the indictment, Prive used a means of interstate commerce to induce and coerce a minor individual into engaging in illegal sexual activity on September 9, 2013, through September 10, 2013, and again on November 4, 2013, through November 5, 2013.
Prive was arraigned today in federal court and faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment, up to life in prison, if convicted.
This case was investigated by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Assistant United States Attorney Andrew C. Searle will be prosecuting the case as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.
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Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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