Date: 03-07-2020

Case Style: United States of America v. Tommy Lee Jenkins

Case Number: 1:19-cr-00182-WCG

Judge: William C. Griesbach

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Julie F. Stewart and Daniel R. Humble

Defendant's Attorney:

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Description: Milwaukee, WI - The United States of America charged Tommy Lee Jenkins with attempting to entice a child to engage in sexual activity.

Tommy Lee Jenkins (age: 32) formerly a resident of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, entered a guilty plea to a charge of attempted child enticement before Senior District Judge William C. Griesbach.

According to court documents, starting on October 1, 2019, Jenkins, who in September of 2019 moved from Oshkosh to Whitestown, Indiana, began exchanging instant messages with “Kylee” whom he believed to be a 14 year-old girl living in Neenah, Wisconsin. Jenkins began demanding sexually explicit photographs from “Kylee” and making plans to engage in sexual activity with the minor. When his numerous requests for “Kylee” to join him in Indiana were rebuffed, Jenkins walked and hitchhiked the 351-mile trek from Whitestown, Indiana to Neenah, Wisconsin. Along the way, Jenkins continued to engage “Kylee” in sexually explicit conversations and updated her as to his current location.

“Kylee” was, in fact, a Winnebago County Sheriff’s Deputy assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children (“ICAC”) Task Force. Upon his arrival in Winnebago County, sheriff’s deputies and a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation placed Jenkins under arrest.

Jenkins faces a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years and up to a lifetime of imprisonment when he is sentenced on May 27, 2020.

This case was investigated by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office with the assistance of the Green Bay office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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 U.S. Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood, 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.

18:2422(b) Use of Computer to Entice a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity
(1)

18:2423(b) Interstate Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct with Minor
(2)

Outcome: 03/05/2020 27 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge William C Griesbach: Change of Plea Hearing as to Tommy Lee Jenkins held on 3/5/2020. Plea entered by Tommy Lee Jenkins (1) Guilty Count 1. Sentencing set for 5/27/2020 10:30 AM before Judge William C Griesbach. (Tape #030520) (cav)
03/05/2020 NOTICE OF HEARING as to Tommy Lee Jenkins. (cc: all counsel) Sentencing set for 5/27/2020 10:30 AM in Courtroom 201, 125 S. Jefferson St., Green Bay, WI 54301 before Judge William C Griesbach. (cav)

Man That Travelled from Indiana to Wisconsin to Engage in Sexual Activity with 14 Year-old Pleads Guilty

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