Source: Office of United States Attorneys
WASHINGTON – Raymon Edward Dandridge, 40, of Harwood, Maryland, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 180 months in prison in connection with distributing videos depicting the violent rape of toddlers. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves of the District of Columbia and FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean T. Ryan of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Division.
Dandridge pleaded guilty on April 10, 2024, to one count of distribution of child pornography. In addition to the 180-month prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth ordered Dandridge to serve 25 years of supervised release and pay restitution of $9,000.
Dandridge previously was convicted in August 2022 in Anne Arundel County for possessing child pornography, and, as a result, was required to register as a sex offender.
According to court documents, on April 22, 2023, an undercover FBI Washington Field Office Task Force officer was monitoring a social media platform known to law enforcement as a place that people use to meet others who have an interest in incest, taboo, and child sex abuse material (CSAM). That day, the undercover officer received a private message from Raymon Dandridge using the screen name, “D4ALL.”
During the chat with the undercover officer, in a private “secret” forum, Dandridge sent a video depicting an adult male forcibly raping a crying toddler. Two days later, on April 24, 2023, they discussed meeting up so that Dandridge could sexually abuse the undercover officer’s purported 8-year-old daughter. Dandridge also sent the undercover officer more than 20 videos depicting toddlers and infants being sexually abused by adult men. Dandridge later sent another 20 videos depicting prepubescent children, some as young as infants, being sexually abused by adults.
On April 27, 2023, Dandridge agreed via text message to meet the undercover agent and his purported daughter to abuse the girl at a residence in Washington D.C.
Dandridge was arrested on April 28, 2023, when he arrived at the agreed-on meeting place. The FBI forensically analyzed Dandridge’s two cellular phones; one of them contained 3,400 images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children, while the other had an additional 100 images of child pornography.
This case was investigated by the FBI Washington Field Office’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force in cooperation with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Youth Division. The task force is composed of FBI agents, along with other federal agents and detectives from northern Virginia and the District of Columbia. The task force is charged with investigating and bringing federal charges against individuals engaged in the exploitation of children and those engaged in human trafficking.
The matter was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Karen Shinskie and Caroline Burrell and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Amy Larson.
This case was brought as part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood initiative. In February 2006, the Attorney General created Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorney’s Offices, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
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