NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Dylan Allen Jeffries was sentenced to 120 months in prison for coercion or enticement of a minor.
Jeffries, 26, was also sentenced to 10 years of supervised release and ordered to register as a sex offender after he gets out of prison.
Court documents say Jeffries used Facebook and text messages to describe and propose sexual encounters with at least two young girls.
Authorities say Jeffries proposed sexual encounters and requested pornographic pictures from a 12-year-old girl and a 13-year-old girl.
“Jeffries’ predatory behavior, targeted at multiple underage and vulnerable girls is very serious and certainly deserving of this punishment,” said Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “Every minor is a potential target of online sexual predators. Parents must do everything they can to protect their children, and we must continue to punish adults who attempt to sexually exploit them.”
When agents searched his home, they found an external hard drive with 22 pictures and three videos depicting child porn. The materials dated back to 2010. Officials say Jeffries received most of the pictures through emails and private Facebook messages.
