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December 07, 2007
Former CBS Sports technician pleads guilty to enticing a child to engage in sexual activity following an investigation by ICE and the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office
FT. PIERCE, Fla - A 56-year-old former freelance CBS Sports technical manager pleaded guilty here yesterday to persuading, inducing, enticing or coercing a person under 18 to engage in sexual activity following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office. The announcement was made today by R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Ken Mascara, Sheriff, St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office.
On Sept. 29, 2007, Daniel J. Barron, of Boonton Township, New Jersey was in Miami covering a Miami Dolphins football game when he entered an America Online chat room and began to correspond with an undercover police officer posing as the father of an eleven-year-old girl.
During Internet communications, Barron repeatedly expressed his desire to engage in sexual activity with the child. Barron made plans to meet the purported father and his fictitious 11-year-old daughter. Barron later traveled to the meeting location in order to engage in sexual activity with the child.
Barron was initially arrested on state charges following a joint effort by the Law Enforcement Against Child Harm (LEACH) Task Force. The Task Force is comprised of agents and officers working for ICE, the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department and the Broward County Sheriff's Office. A federal arrest warrant was subsequently obtained.
Sentencing is scheduled for March 3, 2008, before United States District Court Judge K. Michael Moore. Barron faces a minimum of ten years up to life in prison, any term of supervised release up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
Mr. Acosta commended the investigative efforts of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United StatesAttorney Rinku Talwar.
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. Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, at 1-800-843-5678 or http://www.cybertipline.com.
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