Former New London Navy Serviceman Pleads Guilty to Enticing Minors Over Internet

NEW LONDON, CT- A former member of the U.S. Navy who was stationed in New London, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of enticing minors to perform sexually explicit acts during online video chats.

According to a release, between approximately January 2013 and November 2013, Adam M. Simpson used internet video chatting services like Skype and Omegle to entice girls between the ages of 12 and 16 to perform sexual acts and engage in sexually explicit conduct.

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Simpson then recorded and saved on his computer. In order to deceive the minors, he misrepresented his age and utilized videos of young boys to impersonate being a young boy.

Simpson is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on September 21, 2016, at which time he faces a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years and a maximum term of imprisonment of life.

He has been detained since his arrest on related state charges on January 7, 2014.

This matter is being investigated by the Connecticut State Police Computer Crimes Unit, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Connecticut Child Exploitation Task Force, which includes federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service also provided critical assistance in this investigation.