A Virginia man was sentenced to life in prison for traveling across state lines to engage in sexual conduct with an underage girl, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio
David W. Vickers, 42, of Leesburg, Virginia, was convicted last year on three counts: receiving and distributing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, enticement, and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.
Vickers communicated online with what he believed to be a 29-year-old Ohio woman and her 13-year-old daughter. In fact, Vickers was communicating with law enforcement investigators. Vickers sent 20 child pornography videos, 11 bestiality videos and discussed how he liked to drug and tie up children. In January 2015, he travelled to Ohio for the purposes of having sex with what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl and was arrested, according to court documents.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brian M. McDonough and Kevin Filiatraut following an investigation by the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the United States Secret Service.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
