阿拉巴马州男子性剥削儿童被判55年监禁：制作儿童性虐待材料
美国司法部阿拉巴马北区联邦检察官办公室宣布，阿拉巴马州杰斐逊县 Birmingham 市男子 Robert Lee Ford, Jr.（35岁）因制作儿童性虐待材料被判处 660 个月、即 55 年联邦监禁。联邦检察官 Phillip W. Williams Jr. 公布了判决。
首席联邦地区法官 Madeline H. Haikala 作出量刑。Ford 是在一场审判完成陪审团遴选后，就两项性剥削罪名认罪的。
据认罪协议，2025 年 1 月 24 日，杰斐逊县警长办公室一名警员接报前往 Children's of Alabama 医院：一名 14 岁女孩的母亲报案称女儿遭到 Ford 袭击。执法人员随后在联邦调查局（FBI）协助下对 Ford 的公寓执行州搜查令，并以州罪名将其逮捕。
FBI 继续调查并对其在线账号执行联邦搜查令，查获 Ford 在 2024 年 12 月至 2025 年 1 月多个日期制作的、涉及这名未成年受害人的儿童性虐待材料视频。
Williams 表示，儿童剥削是骇人的罪行，55 年联邦监禁意味着被告将在监狱中度过余生、无法再伤害其他儿童，司法部将与执法伙伴一道动用一切工具追查剥削儿童者。FBI Birmingham 外地办公室主管特工 David R. Fitzgibbons 表示，这项重刑反映了罪行的严重性。
本案由 FBI Birmingham 儿童剥削与人口贩运工作队与杰斐逊县警长办公室侦办，助理联邦检察官 R. Leann White 与 J. Patrick Lamb 负责起诉。本案属司法部 2006 年启动的「儿童安全计划」（Project Safe Childhood）案件。司法部提示，怀疑或发现儿童正遭性虐待或剥削者，请联系执法部门，或通过全国失踪与受剥削儿童中心（NCMEC）举报。
（来源：美国司法部）
Alabama Man Sentenced to 55 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Children
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Alabama announced that Robert Lee Ford, Jr., 35, of Birmingham, in Jefferson County, Alabama, has been sentenced to 660 months, or 55 years, in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material. U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. announced the sentence.
Chief U.S. District Judge Madeline H. Haikala imposed the sentence. Ford pleaded guilty after jury selection in a trial to two counts of sexual exploitation.
According to the plea agreement, on January 24, 2025, a deputy with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to Children's of Alabama hospital after receiving a report of an assault on a child. The child's mother reported that her 14-year-old daughter had been assaulted by Ford. Deputies, with assistance from the FBI, executed a state search warrant on Ford's apartment and arrested him on state charges.
The FBI continued investigating and executed federal search warrants on Ford's online accounts. A review of those accounts revealed videos of child sexual abuse material Ford had produced using the minor victim on multiple dates in December 2024 and January 2025.
Williams said child exploitation is a horrific crime and that 55 years in federal prison means the defendant will spend the rest of his life behind bars, unable to victimize another child. David R. Fitzgibbons, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Birmingham Field Office, said the lengthy sentence reflects the seriousness of the crimes.
The FBI Birmingham's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force investigated the case along with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys R. Leann White and J. Patrick Lamb are prosecuting the case, which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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