A Georgia man, Davin Buckner, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempting to coerce a Mississippi minor into sending sexually explicit images through an online platform. Court documents reveal that Buckner, aged 24 from Resaca, Georgia, engaged in an online conversation with a ten-year-old child in Lafayette County via a gaming platform. He allowed the child access to his account credits to play games and later demanded repayment through explicit images after the credits were used.
The child's parents discovered the messages and reported them to the FBI. At the time of this crime, Buckner was out on bond awaiting trial for previous sexual exploitation offenses in Georgia from 2020.
District Judge Debra M. Brown imposed a sentence of 240 months in federal prison followed by lifetime supervised release. U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner stated, "I can think of no more egregious crime than an adult who sexually exploits a child, and this office will continue to exercise zero tolerance for sexual predators, period." Joyner praised AUSA Parker King and the FBI for their efforts in apprehending Buckner.
Special Agent Robert Eikhoff of the FBI Jackson Field Office emphasized that protecting children from exploitation is a top priority for the FBI. He described Buckner as "a dangerous sexual predator who preyed on our most vulnerable victims."
The case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Parker S. King under Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse.
