A 46-year-old Brazoria man, George Jimenez, has been sentenced to a 240-month stint in federal prison for sending obscene photos and messages to a 13-year-old, with U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani emphasizing the conviction as a deterrent for similar online crimes against minors, according to a statement obtained by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas.
Following a one-day trial in April and a prior guilty plea to two counts, Jimenez was convicted by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown who sentenced him to concurrent terms, for two hundred forty months for coercion and enticement of a minor, and one hundred twenty months for transferring obscene material to a minor, in total he faced a 240-month sentence; during the hearing, the court heard from four victims about the impact of Jimenez's actions, and the severity of the sentence reflects the court's response to the reprehensibility of his conduct.
Jimenez's prosecution was the result of a 2019 law enforcement investigation that found him using a messaging app to pose as a teenager, which culminated in the exchange of explicit photos with minors, including a 13-year-old girl, and attempts to solicit more from the underage victims; the U.S. Attorney's Office reported.
Upon finishing his imprisonment, Jimenez is mandated to serve 10 years on supervised release, during which he must adhere to strict conditions limiting his access to minors and the internet, and register as a sex offender; this information was detailed in the prosecution of the case by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Karen M. Lansden and Sherin S. Daniel, as noted in their official communications on the matter.
