Virginia man convicted on child pornography charges, traveling to Ohio to engage in sex with minor

A Virigina man was convicted of traveling across state lines to engage in sexual conduct with an underage girl, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio

David W. Vickers, 42, of Leesburg, Virginia, was convicted on three counts: receiving and distributing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, enticement, and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

Vickers communicated online with what he believed to be a 29-year-old Ohio woman and her 13-year-old daughter. In fact, Vickers was communicating with law enforcement investigators. Vickers sent 20 child pornography videos, 11 bestiality videos and discussed how he liked to drug and tie up children. In January 2015, he travelled to Ohio for the purposes of having sex with what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl and was arrested, according to court documents.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on March 15. He faces a recommended sentencing guideline range of 30 years to life in prison.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brian M. McDonough and Kevin Filiatraut following an investigation by the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the United States Secret Service.