ORLANDO, Fla. – A California man has pleaded guilty to possession and transportation of child sex abuse materials (CSAM) by a registered sex offender and violating the terms of his probation following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Orlando.
William Kameron Ellis Taylor, 29, of Chula Vista, California, faces a minimum penalty of 15 years, up to 40 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
According to the plea agreement, Taylor was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents at Cape Canaveral after returning from an international cruise to the Bahamas. Agents discovered that Taylor had a cellphone and an SD card containing videos and images of child sexual abuse material. Taylor was previously convicted of possession of CSAM in 2017 in the Southern District of California and has 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.
This case was investigated by HSI Orlando, CBP, and the U.S. Marshals Service. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kaley Austin-Aronson.
HSI Tampa's area of responsibility, which includes 10 geographically strategic offices, covers more than 51,600 square miles of the total 65,757 square miles in the state of Florida. This region has more than 14.2 million people and includes 58 of the 67 counties. HSI Tampa also includes five of the 10 largest cities in Florida, 15 primary commercial service airports, and 11 seaports.
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