Under is an official assertion from the US Lawyer’s Workplace for the Center District of Florida relating to a toddler exploitation case.
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Choose Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Brett Reichold (35, Clearwater) to 24 years and 4 months in federal jail for engaging a minor to have interaction in sexual exercise and manufacturing and possession of kid sexual abuse materials. Reichold pleaded responsible on January 29, 2025.
In response to courtroom paperwork, Reichold texted and used social media to speak with roughly 12 minor females. Reichold supplied the victims cash, alcohol, and marijuana in trade for sexually specific images and movies of themselves. On one event, Reichold met a minor in particular person and supplied to pay her for intercourse.
“The sentencing of Brett Reichold sends a robust message to people who have interaction in sexual exploitation of kids and use social media to focus on their victims, that we’ll discover them and maintain them accountable for his or her actions,” stated Homeland Safety Investigations Tampa Assistant Particular Agent in Cost Kristopher Pagitt. “HSI alongside our companions on the Clearwater Police Division and the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Center District of Florida vow to proceed defending our most weak from turning into lifetime victims.”
This case was investigated by Homeland Safety Investigations, with help from the Clearwater Police Division. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Lawyer Ross Roberts.
This case was introduced as a part of Undertaking Protected Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in Might 2006 by the Division of Justice to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys’ Workplaces and the Legal Division’s Baby Exploitation and Obscenity Part (CEOS), Undertaking Protected Childhood marshals federal, state, and native assets to find, apprehend, and prosecute people who sexually exploit kids, and to determine and rescue victims. For extra details about Undertaking Protected Childhood, please go to www.justice.gov/psc.
