CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Leesburg, Virginia man who sent child pornography
to an undercover investigator and traveled to the Cleveland area with
the intent of having sex with a 13-year-old girl was indicted by a
federal grand jury Wednesday.
David Vickers is charged with distribution of child pornography,
enticement and travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct. He was
arrested on Jan. 5, according to a criminal complaint.
The complaint says Vickers talked to an undercover investigator
posing as a 29-year-old mother and her teenage daughter. He first talked
to the investigator on the social networking website Experience
Project.
Investigators say Vickers admitted to sending child pornography
during the chats, but said the files were given to him by somebody else.
He is being held in federal custody while his case is pending.
According to the complaint:
Vickers started communicating with the investigator on Dec. 12 and asked to find out more about the teenage daughter.
Vickers sent a picture of his driver's license. He attempted to black
out information, but the investigator was able to make out his name,
according to the complaint.
After talking on the phone, Vickers arranged to continue
communicating on the messaging program Kik. He continued to talk about
"breeding" the 13-year-old and sent videos depicting child pornography
and bestiality and said he had sexually assaulted a child.
Vickers had also posted on Experience Project that he was looking for
"younger girls" and that he was "looking for a lovely lady to breed
with."