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Long-Haul Trucker Pleads Guilty to Production and Transmission of Child Pornography

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida

A Lake Worth resident pled guilty yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge William Matthewman to production and transmission of child pornography.

Benjamin Greenberg, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Mark Selby, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), and Jeffrey Katz, Chief, Boynton Beach Police Department (BBPD), made the announcement.

Kevin Scott Mitchell, a/k/a “kev_bear1@yahoo.com,” 62, of Lake Worth, pled guilty yesterday to the Indictment, which charged him with one count of production of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2251(a) and (e), and one count of transmission of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252(a)(2) and (b)(1).  During the plea hearing, the facts relayed were that Mitchell had sex with the 16-year-old victim since January 2016 at a hotel in Boynton Beach, Florida.  He took photographs and videos during the sexual encounters, when his trucking route brought him to South Florida. 

In May 2017, the victim, then 17, reported the sexual abuse to law enforcement when Mitchell emailed a threat to release the photos to the victim’s friends and family.  When Mitchell later texted to the victim, undercover detectives from the Boynton Beach Police Department responded as the victim.  Mitchell proceeded to send child pornography of the victim to the detective.  He was apprehended several days later in upstate New York.  Found in his possession were digital devices that contained child pornography of the victim.

Mr. Greenburg commended the investigative efforts of ICE-HSI and BBPD.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Schiller.

Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.

Updated October 5, 2017