密西西比州男子试图诱骗未成年人被判19年：他联系的「15岁对象」实为卧底警员
美国司法部密西西比南区检察官办公室宣布，密西西比州 Leake 县居民 Edison Jefferson 因试图诱骗未成年人被联邦法院判处 19 年监禁。现年 41 岁的 Jefferson 住在 Choctaw 印第安保留地的 Red Water 社区，案件在位于密西西比州 Jackson 的联邦地区法院审理。
据法庭文件，Jefferson 通过互联网和手机联系一名在德州的人，以为对方是一名 15 岁的未成年人。庭审证词显示，与他通信的实际是冒充 15 岁未成年人的卧底警员。Jefferson 向对方发送露骨信息、索要裸照，并试图诱使他以为的未成年人从德州前往密西西比州从事性行为。
2026 年 1 月，联邦大陪审团以试图胁迫与引诱、试图胁迫与引诱他人旅行从事性行为、试图制作儿童色情制品三项罪名起诉 Jefferson。2026 年 8 月 11 日，经过七天庭审，陪审团裁定他全部罪名成立。
Jefferson 被判处 19 年监禁，刑满后还要接受 5 年监管释放，并被处罚款 1,500 美元。出狱后，他必须登记为性犯罪者。
宣布量刑的包括联邦检察官 Baxter Kruger 与联邦调查局（FBI）Jackson 办公室特别探员主管 Robert Eikhoff。此案由德州 Abilene 的 Taylor 县警长部门与 FBI 的 Safe Trails 特别工作组调查，工作组成员包括 FBI、Choctaw 警局、Leake 县警长部门、Carthage 警局及多家州与地方执法机构。案件由助理联邦检察官 Kevin J. Payne、Brian K. Burns 与特别助理联邦检察官 Kalleigh McCoy 负责起诉。（来源：美国司法部）
Mississippi Man Sentenced to 19 Years for Attempted Coercion of a Minor: The '15-Year-Old' He Contacted Was an Undercover Officer
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Mississippi announced that Edison Jefferson, a resident of Leake County, Mississippi, was sentenced in federal court to 19 years in prison for attempted coercion of a minor. Jefferson, 41, lives in the Red Water Community of the Choctaw Indian Reservation, and the case was heard in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Mississippi.
According to court documents, Jefferson used the internet and a cellular phone to contact a person in Texas whom he believed to be a 15-year-old minor. Testimony at trial established that the person he was actually communicating with was an undercover police officer posing as a 15-year-old. Jefferson sent sexually explicit messages, requested nude images, and attempted to coerce the person he believed to be a minor to travel from Texas to Mississippi to engage in sexual activity.
In January 2026, a federal grand jury indicted Jefferson on charges of attempted coercion and enticement, attempted coercion and enticement to travel to engage in sexual activity, and attempted production of child pornography. On August 11, 2026, after a seven-day trial, a jury found him guilty on all counts.
Jefferson was sentenced to 19 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, and was assessed a $1,500 fine. Once released from prison, he must register as a sex offender.
The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Baxter Kruger and Robert Eikhoff, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Jackson Office. The case was investigated by the Taylor County Sheriff's Department in Abilene, Texas, and the FBI's Safe Trails Task Force, which includes officers from the FBI, the Choctaw Police Department, the Leake County Sheriff's Department, the Carthage Police Department, and various state and local law enforcement agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kevin J. Payne and Brian K. Burns and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Kalleigh McCoy prosecuted the case. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：美国司法部总部大楼（四级图库联邦核心包固定图）。被告无官方照片发布，故用司法部总部图。 / Image: U.S. Department of Justice headquarters building (fixed image from the federal core asset pack). No official photo of the defendant was released.
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