Jason R. Coody, U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida
A Jamaican citizen living in Thomasville, Georgia, has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to the attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. Jevan Antonio Miller, 28, admitted to attempting to entice or persuade a minor to engage in sexual activity and traveling across state lines with the intent to commit illicit sexual conduct.
The announcement was made by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. “I deeply appreciate the commitment of our state and federal law enforcement partners to relentlessly pursue the offenders who seek to sexually exploit and victimize our children. It is one of my office’s top priorities to aggressively prosecute predators, like this defendant, who prey upon the most vulnerable members of our community – our children – and we will use the full force of the law to hold him accountable for his heinous crimes,” Heekin said.
According to court documents, between April 10 and April 12, 2025, detectives from the Tallahassee Police Department and Leon County Sheriff’s Office worked with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on an undercover operation targeting individuals using online platforms for child exploitation. During this operation in Leon County, investigators identified Miller as someone soliciting sex from an undercover detective whom he believed was a 15-year-old girl. Miller traveled from Georgia to Tallahassee expecting to meet a minor but was arrested at the meeting location by law enforcement.
Miller faces a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison and could receive up to life imprisonment. Upon release, he would be subject to supervision ranging from five years up to life.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Justin M. Keen following an investigation led jointly by local sheriff's deputies and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations unit with support from city police.
Sentencing is set for November 20, 2025 at 11:00 am at the United States Courthouse in Tallahassee before United States District Judge Mark E. Walker.
This prosecution falls under Project Safe Childhood—a national effort begun in May 2006 by the Department of Justice aimed at addressing child sexual exploitation through coordinated federal, state, and local action (www.projectsafechildhood.gov). The initiative seeks not only prosecution but also victim identification and rescue.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida serves as one of ninety-four such offices nationwide under direction from the Attorney General; more information about its activities can be found at http://www.justice.gov/usao/fln/index.html or through public court records on its district website.
