FL Man Who Secretly Filmed 12-Year-Old Gets Prison Time: U.S. DOJ

NORTH PORT, FL — A North Port man was sentenced to life in federal prison after secretly filming a 12-year-old, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.

Gregory Allen Williamson, 59, was found guilty during a March 13 trial of enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity and for the production, distribution and possession of child sexual abuse material.

He “isolated and groomed a vulnerable 12-year-old victim,” who was a recent immigrant from Eastern Europe, to engage in sexual activity, the DOJ said.

He used the alias “Vlad Vlad” to send the victim anonymous and graphic sexually explicit emails, including ones that contained child sexual abuse material.

Williamson later gave the victim cell phone chargers which, unbeknownst to the child, contained hidden cameras. He used the charges to secretly record and produce sexually explicit images of the child while they were naked in their bedroom, the DOJ said.

“Life in prison will keep this depraved individual from hurting another child. Our special agents, task force officers, and analysts work these investigations with compassion and dogged determination to ensure the innocent are protected from predators,” Rodney Crawford, FBI Tampa acting special agent in charge, said.