MONTICELLO MAN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Vertis McNeil Robinson, 47, of Monticello, FL, has been indicted in federal court for attempted enticement of a minor. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the charge.

Robinson appeared for his arraignment in federal court before United States Magistrate Judge Martin A. Fitzpatrick on August 21, 2025, in Tallahassee, Florida. Jury trial is scheduled for October 20, 2025, at 8:15 am before District Court Judge Robert L. Hinkle.

If convicted, Robinson faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years’ imprisonment up to life imprisonment. 

This case was investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, and the Tallahassee Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Meredith L. Steer.

An indictment is merely an allegation by a grand jury that a defendant has committed a violation of federal criminal law and is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial, during which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.

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 and led by the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Divisions Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), it 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.

The United States 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 United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/fln/index.html.