Daniel Miller 30 Years For Enticement Of Minors In Sexual Activity

LABELLE, FL. -- U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Daniel Carson Miller (30, Labelle) to 30 years in federal prison for enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, receipt of child sexual abuse material, possessing and accessing with intent to view images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children, and transferring obscene matter to a minor. Miller was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release and ordered to register as a sex offender. Miller entered a guilty plea on August 20, 2024.

According to court documents, from June through December 19, 2023, Miller sought out and chatted with minors over the internet through the use of a social media application. In June 2023, a parent notified law enforcement that Miller, claiming to be 16 years old, had been chatting with a 13-year-old child using a social media application and soliciting sexually explicit images of the minor. At Miller’s urging and direction, the teen sent sexually explicit photos and videos to Miller.

In November 2023, the FBI executed a search warrant for Miller’s social media account. The account records revealed numerous conversations that Miller had with minors in which Miller asked the minors for explicit images of themselves. Miller also sent photos of his genitals to minors.

In December 2023, the FBI executed a search warrant at Miller’s residence. Miller agreed to speak with agents and admitted to using a social media application to request child sexual abuse material from minors. He estimated that he had requested the material from approximately 100 minors and admitted to sending a photo of his genitals to approximately 200 minors. Miller admitted that at times he would threaten self-harm in order to receive sexually explicit images from minors. A forensic examination of Miller’s cellphones and laptop revealed images and videos of child sexual abuse material.

This case was investigated by Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fort Myers Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Yolande G. Viacava.

This is another case 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 the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.