德州登记性犯罪者乘巴士31小时赴俄亥俄州性剥削15岁少女：被判30年监禁
美国司法部俄亥俄南区联邦检察官办公室2026年11月5日宣布，德克萨斯州 North Detroit 居民 Harrison Michael Barton（39岁）因性剥削未成年人与企图绑架未成年人，被联邦法院判处360个月（30年）监禁。Barton 是一名登记在册的性犯罪者，此前曾因在网上引诱未成年人被判处10年监禁。
法院资料显示，2025年2月，Barton 乘坐 Greyhound 长途巴士、历时31小时从佛罗里达州前往俄亥俄州 Coshocton County，意图性剥削一名15岁少女。两人约一个月前在玩网络游戏《使命召唤》（Call of Duty）时结识。Barton 供认，少女曾在 Newcomerstown 接他，他在前往机场前与受害人发生了性行为，并拍摄了受害人的性剥削照片。
Barton 在 John Glenn Columbus 国际机场被捕，当时他正企图携受害人乘飞机前往佛罗里达州。被捕时，他还因德克萨斯州一宗在先定罪背负假释通缉令。2026年2月，Barton 就性剥削未成年人与企图绑架未成年人两项罪名认罪，量刑由联邦地区法官 Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. 作出。
联邦检察官 Dominick S. Gerace II 表示，Barton 是登记性犯罪者、跨州对在网上结识的未成年人实施犯罪，其历史显示他构成严重且持续的威胁，检察官办公室将全力追诉侵害儿童者，并寻求本次这样的数十年刑期。此案由联邦调查局（FBI）辛辛那提分局、Coshocton County 警长办公室、Newark 警局与机场警察共同参与调查与宣布，助理联邦检察官 Emily Czerniejewski 与 Jennifer M. Rausch 代表政府出庭，案件属司法部「儿童安全计划」（Project Safe Childhood）范畴。（来源：美国司法部）
Texas Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to 30 Years for 31-Hour Bus Trip to Ohio to Exploit 15-Year-Old He Met Online
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio announced on November 5, 2026, that Harrison Michael Barton, 39, of North Detroit, Texas, was sentenced in federal court to 360 months (30 years) in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor and attempted kidnapping of a minor. Barton is a registered sex offender who had previously been sentenced to 10 years in prison for online solicitation of a minor.
According to court documents, in February 2025 Barton took a 31-hour Greyhound bus trip from Florida to Coshocton County, Ohio, to sexually exploit a 15-year-old girl he had met about a month earlier while playing the online game Call of Duty. Barton admitted that the teenager picked him up in Newcomerstown, Ohio, and that before arriving at the airport he engaged in sexual conduct with the minor and took sexually explicit pictures of the victim.
Barton was arrested at John Glenn Columbus International Airport while attempting to fly to Florida with the victim. At the time, he was wanted on an outstanding parole warrant out of Texas stemming from his prior conviction. He pleaded guilty in February 2026, and the sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr.
U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II said Barton was a registered sex offender who traveled the country to commit crimes against a minor he met online, and that his office will prosecute those who prey on children to the fullest extent of the law and seek multi-decade sentences. The case was investigated and announced with the FBI Cincinnati Division, the Coshocton County Sheriff's Office, the Newark Police Department and the airport police, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emily Czerniejewski and Jennifer M. Rausch as part of Project Safe Childhood. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
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