Timothy Lyle Dean, Enticement of a Minor, Illinois 2021

State: Illinois
Category: Sex Crimes
Source: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdil/pr/bourbonnais-man-sentenced-10-years-prison-enticement-minor" style="color:#cc0000;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DOJ Press Release ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Â Ã¢â‚¬â€

Timothy Lyle Dean, 38, a resident of the 200 block of Spencer Court in Bourbonnais, Illinois, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by eight years of supervised release, for enticement of a minor.

According to the charges, in April 2021, a federal jury convicted Dean of one count of enticement of a minor. The evidence presented at the trial showed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) identified Dean after he attempted to meet an individual he believed to be a 14-year-old minor for sexual activity on the dating application Grindr.

Dean was arrested over Valentine’s Day weekend in 2020 as part of an FBI Springfield Division Operation conducted in Kankakee County, Illinois. The operation was conducted with the coordination and assistance of the Bradley Police Department, the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office, and the Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Elly Peirson and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Shannon O’Brien-Ranck, also the Deputy Bureau Chief with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, represented the government at the trial.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative by the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

In March 2020, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Dean with enticement following his February arrest pursuant to a criminal complaint. U.S. Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long ordered that Dean be detained pending trial following that arrest, and he has remained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.

Dean’s 10-year prison sentence and eight-year supervised release serve as a reminder of the consequences of attempting to exploit minors through online platforms.

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