Jacksonville, Florida – Federal officials in Florida have charged Samuel Christopher Templeman, 46, and Deborah Lynn Templeman, 50, a married couple, with ‘conspiring to sex traffic a child.’ Samuel Templeman is also charged with ‘sex trafficking a child,’ and Deborah Templeman is charged with ‘possessing child sex abuse material.’ If convicted on all counts, Samuel Templeman faces 10 years, and up to two life terms, in federal prison. Deborah Templeman faces up to life in federal prison.
According to the indictment: Beginning at least by November 2019 and continuing through December 11, 2019, Samuel and Deborah Templeman conspired to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, maintain, patronize, and solicit a female child (Minor Victim 1), knowing that Minor Victim 1 was under the age of 18 and would be caused to engage in a commercial sex act. During the same time period, Samuel Templeman knowingly recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, and maintained Minor Victim 1, knowing that she was under the age of 18 and would be caused to engage in a commercial sex act.
The indictment also says that= Deborah Templeman had a cellphone containing child porn.
No further details were available.
