Port Charlotte Man Sentenced To Fifteen Years In Federal Prison For Producing Child Sexual Abuse Videos

Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Demario Desmond Fenton (21, Port Charlotte) to 15 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for production of videos depicting the sexual abuse of a child. This sentence will run consecutive to any state sentence imposed. Fenton must also register as a sex offender. He entered a guilty plea on April 24, 2024. 

According to court documents, between July and August 2023, Fenton used or persuaded a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct. Fenton also produced videos of the minor being sexually abused. 

On November 15, 2023, a search warrant was executed at Fenton’s home and his laptop and electronic storage devices were seized. Fenton agreed to speak with law enforcement and admitted to sexually abusing the minor and recording that abuse. The subsequent forensic examination of Fenton’s electronic devices revealed videos of the minor’s sexual abuse.  

This case was investigated by Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fort Myers Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, which includes the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Yolande G. Viacava.

This is another case 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 the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 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.