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Ocala, Florida (DOJ) – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Eddie Joe Oglesby, Jr. (52, Fort McCoy) to 80 years in federal prison for two counts of production of child sex abuse material and one count of receipt of sex abuse material. A federal jury previously found Oglesby guilty on October 14, 2022. He had been charged in a superseding indictment on September 13, 2022.
According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, Oglesby created an elaborate false identity which he used to impersonate a federal agent. He then used this false identity to coerce underaged female victims to produce and send him child sex abuse material over the internet. Posing as the false agent, Oglesby threatened to have the victims arrested, imprisoned, institutionalized, or killed if they did not comply with his demands.
[“While speaking on Google Hangouts, Collins would call Victim 1 his fiance even though he knew she was underaged. Victim 1 also advised that Collins demanded that she promise to have sex with him and his friends. Victim 1 then spoke about Collins telling her to lay on her stomach naked and masturbate for him,” the complaint reads. “Collins threatened Victim 1 by saying he would send her to a mental ward or turn her in and ban her from the internet.”]
[“Victim 1 advised that Collins also wanted her to have sexual intercourse with her stepfather,” the complaint continued. “You have until 3am to fuck him. If you have not fucked him by then. I will have you committed”; “Guess you better say good bye to mommy, she won’t like what she finds out and when she a federal court order to have you placed in a mental institution, she can’t help you.”]
During a search of Oglesby’s Marion County residence by FBI agents on September 27, 2021, they found him with an underaged female runaway. A search of Oglesby’s cellular phone showed him logged into multiple social media applications under both his real and false identities. Agents ultimately found 473 pages of electronic communications between Oglesby and one of his victims on that cellular phone.
“This case exemplifies the commitment of the FBI and our law enforcement partners to identify and locate abusers who prey on our children,” said Special Agent in Charge Sherri E. Onks for the Jacksonville Division. “The crimes committed by this predator are inexcusable and we will stop at nothing to thwart criminals like him from taking advantage of innocent youth.”
