ORLANDO, Fla. — A California man has been indicted in the Middle District of Florida for transportation of child sexual abuse material, possession of child sexual abuse material and failure to register as a sex offender following a joint Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Orlando investigation.
William Kameron Ellis Taylor, 29, of Chula Vista, Calif., faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years and up to 40 years in federal prison if convicted on all counts.
According to the indictment and court documents, Ellis Taylor was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at Cape Canaveral after returning from an international cruise to the Bahamas. Agents discovered that Ellis Taylor had a cellphone and an SD card that contained videos and images of child sexual abuse. Ellis Taylor was previously convicted of possession of child sexual abuse material in 2017 in the Southern District of California, and he therefore must comply with certain sex offender registration requirements under federal law. He failed to inform his registering agency of his plans to leave the country as required by that law.
An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.
This case was investigated by HSI Orlando, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and the U.S. Marshals Service. It will be prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kaley Austin-Aronson.
To report any information about human trafficking, child sexual abuse, or the trafficking in child sexual abuse material contact the HSI Tip Line at 877-4-HSI-TIP or report it through the CyberTipline on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s website.