FL Babysitter Created Child Porn With Toddler In His Care: U.S. DOJ

ZEPHYRHILLS, FL — A Dade City-area babysitter was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for producing child sex abuse material with a 2-year-old in his care, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.

The court also ordered Olejuwan Lamar Steele, 30, of Zephyrhills to pay $3,000 in restitution to his victim and register as a sex offender. He entered a guilty plea on April 17.

While babysitting the toddler one day in 2022, Steele created child sexual abuse material of the victim and shared as live videos online, the DOJ said.

“This babysitter exploited the innocence of a child in his care, betrayed the trust placed in him, and violated the sanctity of childhood itself,” Micah McCombs, Homeland Security Investigations Tampa assistant special agent in charge, said. “Through HSI’s law enforcement partnership with the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, this predator will now be held accountable for his vile actions against a child.”