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Date: 06-28-2020
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United States of America v. Victor Alfonso Vasquez
Case Number: 3:18-cr-05027-MDH
Judge: M. Douglas Harpool
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (Greene County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
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Description:
Springfield, MO - The United States of America charged sex offender Victor Alfonso Vasquez, age 33, with sexually exploitation of a child.
On Dec. 16, 2019, Vasquez pleaded guilty to the sexual exploitation of a child. Vasquez is a prior sex offender with prior felony convictions for statutory rape and statutory sodomy. This federal crime was committed a few months after his release from state prison.
The investigation began when the 14-year-old victim, identified in court documents as “Jane Doe,” visited a health clinic for a pregnancy test, which indicated she was more than eight weeks pregnant. The victim told investigators she met Vasquez while playing a game on her cell phone when she was 13 years old. Vasquez then began contacting her via Facebook Messenger. They also exchanged sexually explicit images via SnapChat. During their online relationship, Vasquez discussed having a sexual relationship with Jane Doe, and he discussed physically meeting her to have sex.
On Jan. 19, 2018, Jane Doe lied to her mother at Vasquez’s direction and asked her mother to drop her off at a friend’s house. Her mother actually dropped her off at Vasquez’s residence, when Vasquez began a physical relationship with the child victim that lasted for several months.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ami Harshad Miller. It was investigated by the FBI, the Joplin, Mo., Police Department, and the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force.
Project Safe Childhood
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc . For more information about Internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab "resources."
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
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Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 405 months in prison on Count 1; followed by 10 years supervised release. No fine. JVTA-waived. $100 MPA. Special conditions of supv rel imposed. Dfts objections to polygraph condition is overruled. Court recommends a sex offender treatment program, suitable SOMP facility, RDAP-Co-occurring Disorder Program and UNICOR. Dft advised of right to appeal. Upon oral mtn by Govt Counts 2 and 3 are dismissed. Dft remanded to custody.
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