Date: 07-24-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Celio C. Deluna, aka “Cody Banks”

Case Number: 2:24-cr-00007

Judge: Pamela Pepper

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

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Milwaukee

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault Causing Bodily Harm
SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER IN WISCONSIN

On May 23, 2014, Celio C. Deluna, aka "Cody Banks," was convicted in Cook County, Illinois, for Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault Causing Bodily Harm for having sexual intercourse on several occasions with a 13-year-old victim. He was sentenced to six years in prison for that offense. He completed that sentence on May 20, 2019, and signed documents indicating that he understood that he was required to register as a sex offender. However, after he was released from prison, he moved to Oklahoma and did not register as a sex offender. In September 2023, Deluna travelled from Oklahoma to Princeton, Wisconsin, where he began to reside using the alias of “Cody Banks.” He was ultimately arrested in Princeton.

In court proceedings, DeLuna admitted to using an alias to circumvent his registration requirements as well as to conceal his status as an immigrant who is not authorized to live in the United States.

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.

This case was investigated by the United States Marshals Service. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Karine Moreno-Taxman.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 5 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release

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