Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 12

ICE Arrests California Man for Arranging Sex with Fla. Juvenile

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A man pleaded not guilty in federal court in Florida May 31 to charges he traveled to that state to engage in sexual activity with a juvenile and used the Internet to entice a minor into engaging in sexual activity.

Adam Statland, 31, was arraigned in Ft. Pierce, Fla. after being indicted by a grand jury. He was arrested at his Lomita home May 6 after ICE agents executed a search warrant at the home and seized several computers. Statland is charged with two counts of travel with intent to engage in a sexual act with a juvenile, and one count of using a facility of interstate commerce - an Internet service - to attempt to persuade, induce, or entice a minor to engage in a sexual activity.

The investigation began when the mother of a 16-year-old Florida girl contacted law enforcement after discovering her daughter had met an adult on the Internet who lived in California. According to documents filed in the case, the man, subsequently identified as Statland, had flown to Florida and had a sexual encounter with the juvenile.

Statland’s arrest is part of Operation Predator, a comprehensive ICE initiative aimed at those who prey on children, including human traffickers, international sex tourists, Internet pornographers, and foreign national predators whose crimes make them deportable. More than 5,700 child sex offenders have been arrested by ICE nationwide as part of the initiative. ICE encourages the reporting of suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2ICE. This hotline is staffed around the clock by investigators.

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