PENSACOLA, Fla. – A Jamaican man was arrested and booked into the Escambia County Jail after he allegedly initiated online contact with undercover agents posing as a 14-year-old girl, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has announced.
According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), its agents arrested Taje Ghavri Samuels, 31, of Jamaica, for one count of traveling to meet a minor to engage in sexual conduct after online solicitation, seven counts of transmission of harmful material to minors and one count of use of a two-way communications device to facilitate a felony.
The Pensacola Police Department and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security assisted in the investigation, the FDLE said.
The FDLE said it began its investigation in August when Samuels initiated online contact with undercover agents posing as a 14-year-old girl. Using a common messenger application, he sent lewd photos of himself and arranged to travel to meet the agent, the FDLE said.
Samuels was booked into the Escambia County Jail and held on no bond pending first appearance. The case will be prosecuted by the State Attorney’s Office, First Judicial Circuit.
