Tallahassee Business Owner Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Child Sexual Exploitation and Child Pornography Crimes

Tallahassee, Florida – Perry Crane Walker, II, 44, of Tallahassee, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for six counts of sexual exploitation of children, one count of receipt of child pornography, and one count of transfer of obscene material to minors. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. 

U.S. Attorney Heekin said: “This substantial prison sentence is an excellent outcome in a very sad case, as this sexual predator preyed upon and exploited numerous innocent children online and deserves to spend the next several decades in prison for his disgusting crimes. Keeping our kids safe online is a top priority, and my office will continue to aggressively prosecute cases like this to accomplish that.”

Court documents reflect that between December 26, 2024, and October 10, 2025, Walker used social media applications to meet and communicate with children between 13-15 years of age. During his online communications, the defendant enticed and induced the minors, some of whom resided in Europe, to produce and send him images and videos constituting child pornography. Court records also revealed that, as a result of the defendant’s illicit communications with the children, one of the social media platforms submitted a CyberTip report to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which notified the Leon County Sheriff’s Office. Pursuant to search warrants, the defendant’s business and residence were searched, and his electronic devices were seized as evidence. A search of the defendant’s devices confirmed that he had been sexually exploiting the children using social media, and that he received and possessed multiple child pornography images and videos.

After serving his term of 30-years’ imprisonment, Walker will have to register as a sexual offender and serve the rest of his life on supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $3,000 in victim restitution.

“This deviant predator’s calculated use of social media to target vulnerable children is a stark reminder of the dangers posed by people who seek to exploit the most vulnerable in our society,” said Homeland Security Investigations Tallahassee Assistant Special Agent in Charge Nicholas Ingegno. “HSI, alongside our law enforcement partners, are committed to relentlessly pursuing these predators and delivering them to the justice they deserve. We will protect our children from falling prey to such depraved acts.”

The case involved a joint investigation by the Leon County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Justin M. Keen.

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 https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndfl.