Date: 11-07-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Adrian Scott Warren

Case Number: 5:22-CR-414

Judge: Elizabeth S. Chestney

Court: The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (Bexar County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The States United Attorney’s Office in San Antonio

Defendant's Attorney:

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Description:

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexually Exploiting Children
Former Licensed Counselor Sentenced to 28 Years in Federal Prison for Sexually Exploiting Children

Adrian Scott Warren, 47, a San Antonio man, who had served as the president of the Texas Counseling Association, sent a private message over a dating application to an FBI-controlled undercover profile. The conversation transitioned to a messenger application where Warren stated he was interested in “young” and had been engaging in sexual contact with a minor male since the child was seven years old. Warren told the undercover agent that he wanted to meet up to engage in sexual activity and watch child sexual abuse material and offered to bring the child victim with him.

On Aug. 4, 2022, Warren traveled to a hotel where he believed he was going to meet a nine year old child and engage in sexual activity. He instead was met by FBI agents who seized his cellphone. The following day, a Child Protective Services Special Investigator interviewed Warren, who identified the child victim and admitted that he had sexually assaulted the child. He also admitted to possessing child pornography depicting various children between the ages of 0 and 17 years old engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Warren was arrested Aug. 5, 2022, and indicted for one count of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of possession of child pornography. He pleaded guilty to count one on Nov. 14, 2023. Following his 28 year imprisonment, Warren will serve a lifetime of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $140,840 to the victim impacted by the sexual exploitation charge, and $100,000 to 20 additional victims, whose images Warren possessed.

The FBI investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracy Thompson prosecuted the case.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 28 years in prison

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