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Ohio Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Exploiting Children to Produce Child Pornography
Alexandria, Va. – Vincenzo Leonardi, 27, of Lakewood, Ohio, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for exploiting at least six minor boys to produce sexually explicit photographs and videos.
Leonardi pleaded guilty on February 13, 2016 to the sexual exploitation of a minor. According to court documents, from at least May 2012 to February 2016, Leonardi posed as a pre-adolescent minor girl named “Taylor Capps” on Facebook, Instagram, Kik, and other social media services, for the purpose of contacting minor boys over the Internet to engage in sexually explicit communications and conduct.
As part of his scheme, Leonardi sent pictures of a minor girl and other naked females to his victims. One victim, located in Loudoun County, Virginia, was 9 years old when he was contacted by Leonardi. For that victim and at least five others located throughout the country, Leonardi successfully coerced and enticed them to record themselves engaged in sexually explicit behavior and to transmit those photographs and videos to Leonardi.
Leonardi also admitted that he attempted to similarly exploit at least a dozen other minor boys he contacted online, all of whom were between the ages of 9 and 12 years old. Leonardi’s personal laptop computer, which was seized during the execution of a search warrant in December 2015, contained over two dozen sexually explicit videos and over 100 sexually explicit images of children.
The case was investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office and the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Maya D. Song and Jay V. Prabhu prosecuted the case.
Vincenzo Leonardi, Defendant’s Full Name
Sexual exploitation of a minor, Exact Criminal Charges
Alexandria, Virginia, City and State
February 13, 2016, EXACT DATE
15 years in prison, Sentence
Vincenzo Leonardi, Defendant’s Real Full Name (27), Age
Lakewood, Ohio, Defendant’s City and State
Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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