Tampa, Florida – United States Lawyer Roger B. Handberg declares the arrest and submitting of a felony criticism charging Dylan Joseph Thibodeau (23, Punta Gorda) with enticement of a minor and switch of obscene materials to a minor. If convicted on all counts, Thibodeau faces a minimal necessary penalty of 10 years, as much as life, in federal jail. Thibodeau made his preliminary look earlier than U.S. Justice of the Peace Choose Julie S. Sneed at present and was ordered detained pending trial.
In response to the criticism and court docket proceedings, in August 2022, Thibodeau started texting with a person he believed to be a 14-year-old youngster. The kid was really an undercover officer. Over the course of three and a half months, Thibodeau made plans to interact in oral and anal intercourse and impregnate the kid earlier than she turned 18 years outdated. Thibodeau additionally requested that the kid produce nude photos of herself to ship him and he despatched the purported youngster sexually specific photographs of himself.
On December 3, 2022, Thibodeau rode his bicycle roughly three hours from Punta Gorda to North Port to satisfy the 14-year-old for intercourse. Regulation enforcement apprehended Thibodeau when he arrived on the predetermined location.
A criticism is merely a proper cost {that a} defendant has dedicated a number of violations of federal felony legislation, and each defendant is presumed harmless except, and till, confirmed responsible.
This case was investigated by the North Port Police Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is going to be prosecuted by Assistant United States Lawyer Abigail K. King.
This case was introduced as a part of Venture Secure Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in Could 2006 by the Division of Justice to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys’ Places of work and the Felony Division’s Little one Exploitation and Obscenity Part (CEOS), Venture Secure Childhood marshals federal, state, and native assets to find, apprehend, and prosecute people who sexually exploit kids, and to determine and rescue victims. For extra details about Venture Secure Childhood, please go to www.justice.gov/psc.