华盛顿州男子企图引诱未成年人并制作性虐待影像被判15年监禁
美国华盛顿州 Pierce County 一名40岁男子，因企图引诱未成年人并制作儿童性虐待影像，在位于 Seattle 的华盛顿西区联邦法院被判处15年监禁，刑满后还要接受20年的监管释放。被告 Randy Lee Young 于2025年4月24日转入联邦羁押，联邦法官 Lauren King 主持量刑，另定于2027年2月举行听证，决定他向受害人支付的赔偿金额。
案情始于2024年11月。法院记录显示，Young 在2024年11月8日至15日期间，多次与一名执法人员用短信联系——对方冒充一名育有8岁和11岁两个女儿的母亲，Young 以为对方会把年幼的女儿带来供他性侵。11月16日，Young 从 Pierce County 的住所驱车前往 Marysville 的约定地点，当场被捕，先关押在 Snohomish County 监狱，之后被提起联邦指控。
执法人员经 Young 许可检查他的手机后，在手机里发现他制作的儿童性虐待影像。调查查明，2024年10月至11月间，Young 在网上结识一名未成年人，先后七次前往这名13岁受害人位于华盛顿州西南部家乡的地点与其见面，并把性行为过程拍成录像；两人的短信显示，受害人曾明确告诉 Young 自己的年龄。
量刑听证会上，法官 Lauren King 肯定了受害人陈述的真实性及其对执法的协助，并表示希望这次判刑能给受害人一个交代，强调过错只在 Young 一人身上。联邦代检察官 Charles Neil Floyd 表示，Young 在与卧底联系时已把意图说得很清楚，被捕后执法人员又发现一名13岁未成年人已经受害，社区因这名被告被关押而更安全，15年的刑期是恰当的结果。联邦调查局（FBI）Seattle 外勤办公室主管特工 W. Mike Herrington 表示，Young 不仅愿意跨越华盛顿州多地去侵害儿童，手机里还有他多次实际虐待一名儿童的录像，这次判刑将长期保护太平洋西北地区的青少年。
受害人13岁女儿的母亲在量刑陈述中说，Young 夺走的不只是女儿的清白，还夺走了她的安全感、信任他人的能力，以及再也找不回来的童年的一部分。检方在求刑文件中写道，Young 与卧底联系了八天讨论其意图，期间有多次机会抽身却反而变本加厉，法律必须传递明确的威慑信息：社会绝不容忍这类侵害，实施者将面临长期监禁。
此案由联邦调查局（FBI）Seattle 儿童剥削与人口贩运专案组调查，Renton 警察局提供协助，联邦助理检察官 Cecelia Gregson 负责起诉。此案是司法部2006年发起的全国性「儿童安全计划」（Project Safe Childhood）的一部分。（来源：美国司法部）
Washington Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor and Producing Child Sexual Abuse Images
A 40-year-old man from Pierce County, Washington, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 15 years in prison for attempted enticement of a minor and production of images of child sexual abuse, Acting U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd announced. Randy Lee Young came into federal custody on April 24, 2025. U.S. District Judge Lauren King imposed the sentence and ordered Young to serve 20 years of supervised release after prison; a separate hearing in February 2027 will determine the amount of restitution owed to his victim.
According to records filed in the case, Young began communicating with a law enforcement officer who was posing as the mother of 8- and 11-year-old daughters. Between November 8 and 15, 2024, Young communicated with the officer by text message multiple times, believing she would provide her young daughters to him for sexual assaults. On November 16, 2024, Young drove from his residence in Pierce County to the proposed meeting place in Marysville, Washington, where he was arrested. He was held in the Snohomish County Jail until federal charges were filed.
Young gave permission for law enforcement to review his cell phone, and investigators found images of sexual abuse of a minor that he had produced. The investigation revealed that in October and November 2024, Young met a minor online, traveled to her hometown in southwest Washington seven times, and videotaped sex acts with the 13-year-old. Text messages reveal that the victim had told Young her age.
At the sentencing hearing, Judge Lauren King praised the victim's truthfulness and assistance with law enforcement and conveyed hope that the sentencing brings her a sense of closure, saying the only blame lies with Mr. Young alone. Acting U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd said Young made his intentions clear while communicating with the undercover officer, and that after his arrest law enforcement discovered a 13-year-old had already been victimized, adding that the community is safer with the defendant off the street and the lengthy sentence is the appropriate result. W. Mike Herrington, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Seattle field office, said Young demonstrated he was willing to travel across Washington state to exploit children and that his phone contained videos of him actually abusing a child on multiple occasions.
In her victim statement, the mother of the 13-year-old said Young stole more than her daughter's innocence — he stole her sense of safety, her ability to trust, and parts of a childhood she cannot get back. In asking for the 15-year sentence, prosecutors wrote that Young chatted with the undercover officer about his intentions for eight days before showing up, was provided opportunities to disengage and instead doubled down, and that the law must send a clear message of deterrence that society will not tolerate such abuse.
The case was investigated by the FBI Seattle Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, with assistance from the Renton Police Department, and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Cecelia Gregson. The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, the Justice Department's nationwide initiative to combat child sexual exploitation. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
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