LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that defendant Nelson Hurricane Cintron was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge William P. Dimitrouleas to 180 months’ imprisonment, followed by a term of 5 years’ supervised release, for distribution of child pornography.
Cintron was arrested on January 22, 2007 after the execution of a federal search warrant. Cintron came to the attention of local law enforcement officials as a result of sexually explicit chats Cintron was having with someone Cintron believed to be a fourteen year old girl from Ohio. In reality, Cintron was communicating with an undercover detective from the New Waterford, Ohio Police Department. During the course of these sexually explicit chats, Cintron sent child pornography to the undercover detective. Unbeknownst to the undercover in Ohio, Cintron was also engaged in sexually explicit chats with someone Cintron believed to be a thirteen year old girl from California. In fact, however, Cintron was communicating with another undercover officer in California. Cintron sent child pornography to the California undercover officer as well.
The Ohio detective introduced Cintron to someone Cintron believed to be a fourteen year old girl in Plantation, Florida. In reality, Cintron was communicating with an undercover detective part of the Broward LEACH (Law Enforcement Against Child Harm) Task Force. Cintron immediately began having sexually explicit conversations the detective. Cintron discussed meeting with the detective on several occasions.
During the investigation, a search warrant was executed at Cintron’s home, resulting in the seizure of Cintron’s computers. A forensic examination of the computers confirmed Cintron was the individual communicating with the various law enforcement officers. Further examination revealed the presence of several videos portraying adult males having intercourse with girls as young as five years old.
Mr. Acosta commended the investigative efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, New Waterford Police Department, and LEACH. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Bruce Brown.
A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida at www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.