Jacksonville, Florida – Paul Edward Lee, Jr. (38,
Jacksonville) has been arrested and charged by a federal criminal complaint
with soliciting child pornography using the internet. In 2011, Lee was
convicted of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child in Duval County Circuit
Court and is required to register as a sexual predator. Because of this prior
conviction, Lee faces an enhanced minimum mandatory penalty of 25 years, and up
to 50 years, in federal prison and a potential life term of supervision. He is
currently in federal custody pending his detention hearing on May 7, 2018.
According to the complaint, a law enforcement officer in
Illinois discovered that a child was having online contact with a 38-year-old
male in Florida through a smart phone application designed for children. The
messages exchanged between the child and the adult, later identified as Lee,
were sexual in nature.
On April 25, 2018, an FBI agent in Jacksonville, posing as
the child, continued to communicate with Lee through text messaging. During
these communications, Lee told the “child,” in graphic terms, how he wanted to
have sex with “her,’’ and sent “her” several images and videos of his
genitalia. On April 27, 2018, Lee repeatedly solicited the “child” to produce
and send him graphic images and a video of “her” genitalia. On May 2, 2018, law
enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Lee’s home and placed him
under arrest.
This case was investigated by the FBI and the Jacksonville
Sheriff’s Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney D.
Rodney Brown.
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