A Florida man was sentenced on February 20, 2025, to 22 years and 7 months in federal prison for attempting to entice or induce a minor to engage in sexual activity and committing a felony offence involving a minor when required to register as a sex offender following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Orlando.
Chad Allen Pease, 49, of Fort Pierce, was found guilty by a federal jury on November 20, 2024.
According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, on February 3, 2024, Pease began communicating with an undercover law enforcement officer whom Pease believed to be the father of a 13-year-old girl.
Over the course of the conversation, Pease made plans to meet up with the undercover agent and his “daughter” so that Pease could have sex with the child.
Pease drove 18 miles to the meeting location and conducted counter-surveillance before fleeing the scene. Law enforcement identified Pease, reconstructed his activities that evening, and later arrested him at his residence.
Pease was previously convicted of a sex offence in 2008 after sending explicit photographs and travelling to have sex with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl.
He has been required to register as a sex offender ever since.
