Houston男子性剥削八名未成年人 在马里兰州被判20年联邦监禁
美国司法部马里兰区联邦检察官办公室宣布，一名原居马里兰州 Baltimore、后迁居德州 Houston 的男子 Dazhon Darien 已在联邦法院被判刑。Darien 现年34岁，联邦地区法官 James K. Bredar 判处其20年联邦监禁，其后30年监管释放，罪名是性剥削儿童；Darien 另承认还性剥削了其他七名未成年受害人，八名受害人受害时年龄介于14岁至17岁。
法院文件显示，2023年4月至2024年6月间，Darien 五次说服、引诱、胁迫一名受害人进行性行为，以制作和传输儿童性虐待材料，受害人开始受害时年仅15岁。Darien 其后通过 CashApp 向这名受害人付款，换取其制作和传输相关视频。Darien 把剥削视频存在自己的手机和网络账户里。他在2024年6月前后之前一直住在马里兰州，其后迁往德州。
联邦检察官 Kelly O. Hayes 与联邦调查局（FBI）Baltimore 外勤办公室特别探员主管 Jimmy Paul、Baltimore County 警察局局长 Robert McCullough 共同宣布了这一判决。Hayes 对联邦调查局与 Baltimore County 警察局的调查工作表示肯定，本案的联邦起诉由助理联邦检察官 Paul E. Budlow 负责。
司法部说明，本案属于「Project Safe Childhood」行动的一部分。该行动由司法部于2006年5月启动，由各联邦检察官办公室与刑事司儿童剥削与淫秽物品科牵头，统筹联邦、州与地方执法资源，查办性剥削儿童的个人，并识别和解救受害人。
（来源：美国司法部）
Houston Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Exploiting Eight Children in Maryland
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced that Dazhon Darien, a man who formerly lived in Baltimore, Maryland, and later moved to Houston, Texas, has been sentenced in federal court. Darien, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 30 years of supervised release, for sexually exploiting a child. Darien also admitted that he sexually exploited seven other minor victims; the eight victims were between the ages of 14 and 17.
According to court documents, on five occasions between April 2023 and June 2024, Darien persuaded, induced, enticed, and coerced one victim, who was only 15 when the abuse began, to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing and transmitting child sexual abuse material. Darien then used CashApp to pay the victim for the production and transmission of the videos. Darien stored the exploitation videos on his cellphones and in internet-based accounts. He lived in Maryland until approximately June 2024, before moving to Texas.
U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes announced the sentence with Jimmy Paul, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Baltimore Field Office, and Robert McCullough, Chief of the Baltimore County Police Department. Hayes commended the FBI and the county police for their work on the investigation, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul E. Budlow is prosecuting the federal case.
The Justice Department said the case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006, led by the U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, that marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于马里兰州 Baltimore 的 Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. 法院大楼（资料图）。本案由美国联邦检察官办公室（马里兰区）公布。Baltimore Heritage 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in Baltimore, Maryland (file photo). This case was announced by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland. By Baltimore Heritage, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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