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Jeffrey H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Investigations, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Al Lamberti, Sheriff, Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO), announced that thirty-five year old Roberto M. Caragol was sentenced today by U. S. District Judge Kenneth Marra to 151 months in federal prison on charges of transporting child pornography. Caragol was an assistant swim coach at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale.
This case began when the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC), a group of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies aimed at combating child exploitation, received a cybertip from AOL that Caragol was distributing child pornography using the internet. Thereafter, deputies from the Broward Sheriff’s Office and ICE agents interviewed Caragol and recovered a computer from his residence. A subsequent forensic examination of the computer by ICE’s Cyber Crime Unit revealed approximately 40 thumbnail images of boys under the age of 18, engaged in sexual activity. In March 2009, Caragol pled guilty to the charges of transporting child pornography.
Sloman commended the investigative efforts of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, ICE’s Office of Investigations, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Tantillo.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
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