Score:   1
Docket Number:   ND-FL  1:19-cr-00015
Case Name:   USA v. ROBERTS
  Press Releases:
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Federal prosecutors in the Northern District of Florida this week secured

convictions in two separate trials involving child exploitation, including charges of production of

child pornography and attempted enticement of a minor. The guilty verdicts, from trials in

Tallahassee and Gainesville, were announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the

Northern District of Florida.

“I am extremely proud of the Assistant United States Attorneys whose efforts made sure these two

criminals receive severe and just punishment under the law,” said Keefe.

After a two-day trial, a Tallahassee jury convicted Brennon Kyle Holley, 41, of Pensacola, of

attempted enticement of a minor. Holley came to the attention of law enforcement after he placed a

Craigslist.com advertisement seeking sex that said “age, relationship doesn’t matter.” A law

enforcement officer posing as a 13-year-old Panama City girl named “Rhea” responded to the ad, and

Holley then engaged in sexually explicit phone and text conversations with Rhea. He also sent

sexually explicit photographs in an attempt to entice and persuade her to engage in sexual activity

with him. After four days of communication, and believing Rhea’s parents were out of town, Holley

“convinced” the girl to let him come to her house when he got off work in Pensacola in order to

engage in sexual activity. Holley began the trip, but never arrived because his car broke down near

Fort Walton Beach.

Holley faces a mandatory minimum 10 years and up to life imprisonment. The sentencing hearing is

scheduled for December 13 at 1:30 pm at the United States Courthouse in Tallahassee. The case was

investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and prosecuted by Assistant United States

Attorney Aine Ahmed.

In the second case, Joseph Donald Roberts, 43, of Branford, Florida, was convicted of production,

receipt, and possession of child pornography in the U.S. District Court in

Gainesville.

After a two-day trial, the jury convicted Roberts of using file sharing software to receive and

share videos of child pornography. The trial jury made a special finding that the images included

children younger than 12 years of age. In addition, Roberts was convicted of using his cell phone

to create pornographic videos of a minor child.

Roberts faces a mandatory minimum 15 years up to 30 years in prison. The sentencing hearing is

scheduled for December 16 at 2:30 pm at the United States Courthouse in Gainesville. The case was

investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations, and

was prosecuted by the district’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Coordinator, Assistant

United States Attorney Frank Williams.

“This child predator represents the very worst of our society,” said HSI Tampa Assistant Special

Agent in Charge Micah McCombs. “We hope that this verdict offers another step forward in the

healing process for his young victims.”

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida is one of 94 offices that serve as

the nation’s principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General. To access public

court documents online, please visit the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

website. For more information about the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida,

visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/fln/index.html.

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Description: The code of the federal judicial circuit where the case was located
Format: A2

Description: The code of the federal judicial district where the case was located
Format: A2

Description: The code of the district office where the case was located
Format: A2

Description: Docket number assigned by the district to the case
Format: A7

Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which cannot be modified by the court
Format: A3

Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which can be modified by the court
Format: A3

Description: A sequential number indicating whether a case is an original proceeding or a reopen
Format: N5

Description: Case type associated with the current defendant record
Format: A2

Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, defendant number, and reopen sequence number
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Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, and reopen sequence number
Format: A15

Description: The status of the defendant as assigned by the AOUSC
Format: A2

Description: A code indicating the fugitive status of a defendant
Format: A1

Description: The date upon which a defendant became a fugitive
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which a fugitive defendant was taken into custody
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date when a case was first docketed in the district court
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which proceedings in a case commenced on charges pending in the district court where the defendant appeared, or the date of the defendant’s felony-waiver of indictment
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: A code used to identify the nature of the proceeding
Format: N2

Description: The date when a defendant first appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: A code indicating the event by which a defendant appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
Format: A2

Description: A code indicating the type of legal counsel assigned to a defendant
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Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the highest severity
Format: A20

Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE1
Format: N2

Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE1
Format: A4

Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE1
Format: A4

Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE1
Format: A3

Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the second highest severity
Format: A20

Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE2
Format: N2

Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE2
Format: A4

Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE2
Format: A4

Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE2
Format: A3

Description: The FIPS code used to indicate the county or parish where an offense was committed
Format: A5

Description: The date of the last action taken on the record
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which judicial proceedings before the court concluded
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which the final sentence is recorded on the docket
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which the case was closed
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Description: The total fine imposed at sentencing for all offenses of which the defendant was convicted and a fine was imposed
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Description: A count of defendants filed including inter-district transfers
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Description: A count of defendants filed excluding inter-district transfers
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Description: A count of original proceedings commenced
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants filed whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants terminated including interdistrict transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants terminated excluding interdistrict transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of original proceedings terminated
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants terminated whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
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Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period including long term fugitives
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period excluding long term fugitives
Format: N1

Description: The source from which the data were loaded into the AOUSC’s NewSTATS database
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Description: A sequential number indicating the iteration of the defendant record
Format: N2

Description: The date the record was loaded into the AOUSC’s NewSTATS database
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: Statistical year ID label on data file obtained from the AOUSC which represents termination year
Format: YYYY

Data imported from FJC Integrated Database
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