351-MILE TREK COULD GET IDIOT 10-YEARS TO LIFE IN PTISON

Man walked from Indiana to Wisconsin to have sex with teen

NBC 2
October 11, 2019

NEENAH, Wis. - A 32-year-old man was arrested on Thursday by Wisconsin deputies and an FBI special agent after he walked from Indiana to Wisconsin to have sex with a 14-year-old girl, according to a news release from the Justice Department.

Tommy Lee Jenkins, a former resident of Oshkosh, Wisconsin who now lives in Whitestown, Indiana, started texting with a girl named Kylee on Oct. 1, according to the release.

What Jenkins didn't know, was "Kylee" was actually a Winnebago County Sheriff's Deputy who was assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Jenkins thought "Kylee" lived in Neenah, Wisconsin with her mother. The man had started demanding sexually explicit pictures from "Kylee" and kept asking her to come to live with him in Indiana, according to the release.

When "Kylee" rejected his requests for her to come live with him, Jenkins started walking from Whitestown, Indiana to Neenah, Wisconsin - a 351-mile trek.

During his walk, Jenkins kept talking to "Kylee" in a sexually explicit manner and updated her on his location throughout the journey, according to the release.

Once he reached Winnebago County on Thursday, deputies and a Special Agent with the FBI arrested Jenkins.

Jenkins is now facing a charge of using a computer to persuade, induce or entice a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity. According to the Justice Department, he could face a minimum of 10 years and up to life in prison if he's convicted.

“Our nation faces an epidemic of child sexual abuse, with the Internet making it too easy for predators to communicate with children across the country,” said United States Attorney Krueger. “The Justice Department is committed to working with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to prosecute child sexual abuse aggressively.”