Source: US FBI
FLORENCE, S.C. — James Edward Moss, Jr., 40, of Myrtle Beach, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for transporting an individual with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that in April 2022, Moss met a minor online, picked her up, and transported her to a hotel room where he engaged in sexual activity with the minor. The investigation revealed that between April 20 to April 23, 2022, Moss recorded several videos of Moss engaging in sexual activity with the minor.
United States District Judge Joseph Dawson, III sentenced Moss to 55 months imprisonment, to be followed by a 10-year term of court-ordered supervision. Moss is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to his conditions of supervision. There is no parole in the federal system. Moss was also ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution to the victim.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the U.S. Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals, who sexually exploit children, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc.
This case was investigated by the FBI Columbia field office and the Horry County Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lauren Hummel and Bill Watkins are prosecuting the case.
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