Eustis Man Sentenced To More Than 37 Years For Sexually Exploiting Children

Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II has sentenced William Henry Keehn, II (52, Eustis) to 37 years and 6 months in federal prison for sexually exploiting children by producing and receiving child pornography. The Court also ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $2,020 to the victims. Keehn pleaded guilty on June 30, 2015.

According to court documents, beginning as early as 2005, Keehn hid video cameras in the bathrooms of his former residence in order to obtain naked images of four minors in his custody. In 2014, Keehn sexually assaulted another minor in his custody and recorded that abuse using his computer. Keehn also received and collected hundreds of images depicting the sexual abuse and exploitation of minors from at least 2008 until the day before his arrest, on February 17, 2015.

“The sentencing in this case reflects the dedication and teamwork between FDLE’s Cyber Crimes Task Force and HSI,” said Danny Banks, special agent in charge of FDLE’s Orlando Regional Operations Center. “It is so important to ensure that individuals prosecuted for child exploitation and abuse are brought to justice, our job is to make sure that happens.”

"As this sentence makes clear, those who abuse our children face serious consequences," said Susan L. McCormick, special agent in charge of HSI Tampa. "The reality is, every time a photo or a video of an innocent child being sexually exploited is viewed, that victim is violated again. That is why we owe it to all children affected by these cases to work tirelessly to seek answers, and ultimately – justice."

This case was investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Cyber Crimes Task Force and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Karen L. Gable.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.  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 locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.  For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.