MIAMI, FL – A Lantana, Florida man, who plead guilty to distribution and possession of child sexual abuse material, was sentenced today in federal court in West Palm Beach to 102 monthsโ imprisonment, followed by 20 yearsโ supervised release and ordered to pay $31,000 restitution to victims. ย
Between 2020 and 2021, Carl Lee Jasperse, 67, using the screenname โDandy Daddyโ used a mobile application to communicate with individuals about child sexual abuse material and trade the same.ย He was found to be in possession of more than 4000 images and videos of child sexual abuse material when a search warrant was executed at his Lantana residence in January 2021.
Acting U.S. Attorney Juan Antonio Gonzalez of the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge Anthony Salisbury of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Miami, announced the sentence. HSI Miamiโs West Palm Beach Office investigated the case in collaboration with the Lantana Police Department.ย Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory Schiller is prosecuting it. ย
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood (PSC), a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneysโ Offices and the Criminal Divisionโs Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals, who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.ย For more information about the Project Safe Childhood initiative and for information regarding Internet safety, please visitย www.justice.gov/psc.
To report online child sexual exploitation, use the electronic Cyber Tip Line or call 1-800-843-5678. The Cyber Tip Line is operated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in partnership with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.
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