Press Release
CBS TECHNICIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ENTICING A CHILD TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY
December 07, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Ken Mascara, Sheriff, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, announced today that defendant Daniel J. Barron pleaded guilty to persuading, inducing, enticing or coercing a person under 18 to engage in sexual activity, and attempting to do so, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2422(b).
According to court documents, Barron, a CBS technician, was in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, covering a Miami Dolphins football game. On September 29, 2007, Barron entered an America Online chat room and began to correspond with an undercover police officer posing as the father of an eleven year old girl. During internet communications, Barron repeatedly expressed his desire to engage in sexual activity with the child. Barron made plans to meet the purported father and his fictitious 11 year old daughter. Barron later traveled to the meeting location in order to engage in sexual activity with the child.
Sentencing is scheduled for March 3, 2008, before United States District Court Judge K. Michael Moore. Barron faces a minimum of ten years up to life in prison, any term of supervised release up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
Mr. Acosta commended the investigative efforts of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Rinku Talwar.
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