United States of America v. Bailey Michael Stouter

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transmission with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity with a minor.

Bailey Michael Stouter, 23, used a social media application to meet a 14-year-old girl. He arranged to pick the girl up from her home in Bullitt County, Kentucky, to drive her to Pennsylvania for a sexual encounter. A missing person report was issued for the child. A few days later, Stouter was located with the young girl in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania.

United States Attorney Kyle Bumgarner stated, “Online predators are a plague. They manipulate, exploit and abuse our children. Law enforcement will leave no stone unturned in searching for these predators. The United States Attorney’s Office will aggressively prosecute these deviants! Stouter’s deviance cost him 20 years in federal prison and his entire life on supervised release after he completes his 20-year sentence.”

There is no parole in the federal system.

This case was investigated by the FBI with assistance from the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Danielle M. Yannelli prosecuted the case.

The Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release.