Wisconsin man sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin man was sentenced Wednesday for receiving child pornography, announced John W. Vaudreuil, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.

This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Wood County (Wisconsin) Sheriff’s Office, and the Plainfield (Illinois) Police Department. 

Adrian Jaimes, 22, of Nekoosa, Wisconsin, was sentenced Jan. 11 by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 97 months (eight years and one month) in federal prison, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release. Jaimes pleaded guilty to the charge Oct. 20. 

Beginning in August 2015, Jaimes pretended to be a teenage girl in order to convince an 11-year-old victim to send the defendant naked pictures through the Kik App. When the victim later told the defendant he did not want to send any more pictures, the defendant pretended to be a second teenager in order to get the victim to continue sending sexually explicit pictures and videos. 

HSI special agents executed a search warrant at Jaimes’ home and accessed his Dropbox account, where they encountered about 100 images of five different victims.  Jaimes was interviewed and admitted communicating with the young victims and obtaining sexually explicit photos.  He also admitted that once he obtained the photos, he sent them to other people.

In sentencing Jaimes, Judge Peterson noted that while the defendant was young, his conduct was predatory, involved multiple victims, and that by distributing the pictures, the defendant multiplied the crime. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Altman, Western District of Wisconsin, prosecuted the case.

This investigation was conducted under HSI’s Operation Predator, an international initiative to protect children from sexual predators. Since the launch of Operation Predator in 2003, HSI has arrested more than 14,000 individuals for crimes against children, including the production and distribution of online child pornography, traveling overseas for sex with minors, and sex trafficking of children. In fiscal year 2015, nearly 2,400 individuals were arrested by HSI special agents under this initiative and more than 1,000 victims identified or rescued.

HSI encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free Tip Line at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE or by completing its online tip form. Both are staffed around the clock by investigators. From outside the U.S. and Canada, callers should dial 802-872-6199. Hearing impaired users can call TTY 802-872-6196.

Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, via its toll-free 24-hour hotline, 1-800-THE-LOST.

For additional information about wanted suspected child predators, download HSI’s Operation Predator smartphone app or visit the online suspect alerts page.