Paul Edward Pavulak, Child Exploitation Offenses, Delaware 2009

Repeat Sex Offender Convicted of Child Exploitation Offenses

Paul Edward Pavulak, 66, of New Castle, Del., was convicted today by a federal jury in Wilmington of child exploitation offenses, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David C. Weiss.

The jury convicted Pavulak of one count of attempted production of child pornography, one count of attempted enticement and coercion of a minor to engage in sexual activity, one count of possession of child pornography, one count of failure to register and update a registration as a sex offender, and one count of committing a felony offense involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender.

Pavulak was originally indicted on these five counts on April 16, 2009. According to evidence presented at trial, from September 2008 to January 2009, Pavulak developed an online relationship with a young woman in the Philippines who had a two-year-old daughter.

Using his digital camera, Pavulak produced a sexually explicit movie of himself and the woman, and described the movie as the two-year-old girl’s ‘training video.’ Following his return to the United States in January 2009, Pavulak attempted to produce child pornography of the two-year-old girl via a web camera during an online instant chat message exchange with the woman.

On Jan. 19, 2009, the Delaware State Police executed a search warrant at a concrete company’s office in New Castle, where Pavulak had been living and working. During the search, Delaware State Police seized digital media evidence, including computers, a camera and a mobile phone. Upon review of the seized materials, investigators discovered thousands of images depicting the sexual abuse of minors on the computers.

Pavulak’s prior convictions in 1998 and 2005 for second-degree unlawful sexual contact with minors required him to register as a sex offender and provide the registry with the address of his employer and his residence. However, he consistently reported being unemployed and residing in a motel, when in fact he worked for a concrete company owned by his children and resided in a room at the company’s office.

Due to his prior convictions and his commission of these offenses while being required to register as a sex offender, Pavulak faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 45 years in prison and a fine up to $250,000. 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.

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