Date: 08-09-2024

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United States of America v. Brent Leroy Gaston

Case Number: 1:24-cr-00008

Judge: Leslie E. Kobayashi

Court: The United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (Honolulu County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office for Honolulu

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Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Child Enticement
Honolulu Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Attempted Child Enticement

An undercover law enforcement officer posted a profile on a social media and dating application of an adult who would be visiting Honolulu and “wanted to find some like-minded pervs like me.” When Brent Lerroy Gaston, age 65, responded to the profile, the officer added that he would be with his two children ages 9 and 11, to which Gaston responded, "Please clarify. You are wanting your children to participate?" Gaston continued to communicate with the officer, expressing sexually explicit suggestive plans regarding the officer's purported minor children. Gaston was arrested when he arrived at a meeting purportedly to meet with the officer and the children.

“Protecting children from the depravity of defendants like Gaston is among our highest priorities as a law enforcement community,” said United States Attorney Clare E. Connors. “These sanctions deter others from engaging in such devastatingly harmful conduct, and we will continue to seek them in all cases where vulnerable members of our community are targeted in this manner.”

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, 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 U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Department’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 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.justice.gov/psc.

This case is the result of an operation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mohammad Khatib is prosecuting the case.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 120 months imprisonment

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