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SOUTHERN i>i:S'JlRICT OF FLORIDA _, - . , . ' . - . . ·. ';, ' --·· -

CASE NOt22 .. 14052-CR-CANNClN/l\lfAY:NJ\Rl) . . . . - . ~ NOV 3 0 2022 

ANGELA E. NOBLE 

CLERK U.S. DIST. CT. 

VNITED STATES,O:F'~lllCA, - S. D. OF FLA. • FT. PIERCE 

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I>efend.~nt. 

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FACTUAL.PROFFER 

COMES NOW, .the_ United States of Alp,erjca,. by atid 'tb.rou~ its μndersi~ed Assistant - -

Vnit~d States AJtorney, and Nichol~-James S.QI~GENf'iREY, to,g~ther with his counsel; admitsi:f 

thi~ c~e were to proceed to trial, the governp:ient would be able to prove. the:allegations-contained - . . . :' .. . ., 

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within the Indic;tfue.i;i,t; which charges_ the -~~fenclant with poss~ssion o:f c:W.ld pol'Il:ography~ in. -

violation of Title 18" United $ta,tes Code, Section.22S2(a)(4)(~). atJ9 the foUowing:(a.¢t~~ aino~ 

others, beyond a reasonable dm1bt.~ 'Ibe d~fendant also stipula~s-thattho~e alfogatfons, eJ~n,1~nts ; - ' . - -

qfthe,crimes, and tl),e follo\\1hlg:recita:tion ofthe facts shall constitute the underlyingJact\lal basis 

forih~_entryofa:plea of guilty i.n thi~case: 

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1. T~is investigation b~gan whef EBI ·TFO Brian: Broughton receive4 a tip :{rorp the 

N~tio:Q.al Center fat Missing and.E~ploited Children (NCMEC)'thata: Verizon, Wfrele&s customer , . . . . ' - ' ' - ' . . :. - ' - . . -,.-.- . 

up}ciijded twoi111ag¢'s:O:fchilclpomography toVerizon'scloucl st<>rag~ sy~tem. - .- . .-. . ' . - . 

-t\:fter,:eviewi11g the .tip, TFd Brougb,ton v;eri:fie4 that the .4nages depicted Qbild . . ' ' .. - . - . ·_. -, . " .-

pornography, ,as well as imag~s th.tit established Nicholas J, So:,;genfrey was the _owner of:the-

. Verizon,a_cc_ourit. 

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3. 'IJQ Broughton ~r~n·Se>rg~nfy~y's rtame h the F'loricla ,Depi;lrtment :gf' Law ... % 

' Enforcement· (FDtE) databas,e, ~d Iew.:,μe~. ti.tat the d~fendarit Wa:3 a register~d. sex offend~r, afa 

·. well a:3his biogra:P,~ical infomiation. 

·4, . Using this infotmatiQn, ageμts .obtained alawful federal sear¢h warra:p.t for the 

defendant's resideJlce. 

•. 5. . Oh ,August 3, 2022, TJ?O ~ioughto11 a:p.d,F:BI agents executed, the WW.T~t.: Th~y 

found the defenc;Jant in.hi.s 4ci.trte at the tim~ qfthe .~xecμtfon,-in his bedroom, and tb.e sol~>occupant - ' - • ' t . -

of the resi.den.ce. 

6. FBtfFO Andrew-Bqlofik:a as.$iste.<t in ~eJJrchin~ the residence, and s¢afclied th~ 

roa&ter bedrooni. Insitie the ll18ster hedroom.cl()set, TFO 1:lolo*a.found a MQtorola E<lge'Pl~ 

s1nart;pll9ne. hiddehiri a pap¢r bag. Tb,e d¢fertdantlater adinitfedJo hiding: the phone prior t9 the 

. entiy of law ·enforcement. · 

7. Post Miranda, the ·defe,Qclant)1$nittaj to. owningi@q utiliziI?;g the phone n~he:r, 

(}pQ{}xx,c-$06Q. He·a~o •ittedto llSing f\\e onl_ine-application Wiclcr, where he wotildtrad~and 

receive.pomoglllphic videos and. images, w}ilch were ~en ,downloaded 1:P1d saved to his ph.one's " .- -' , a • ' - i • • • •' , ' • 

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8. . The cl.e{enclant $tated;that,he b¢1ievedmost of thecon.te11tdepict~d;y:Qung a~lults but 

that he had observed and yiewed llllderage ,p0,mo~taphy; He.stated if the porno$raphy ~. ''vezy" 

· ¥0:uug.he'would,attenipt t~ :d¢l~it,·butb~lieved,there1,11ay':l.teyollllger·"borderline" xii~terial. ~ayed 

to .his phon<t 

l Wic:kris an'instant messaging appliqatio11 ~ll,foh, p;llow u~~s lo exchange e11d-,to .. ~d enqrypted 

an<,i -Qonten,t .. expiring messages~ jritl11din,g :pl!,Otos, viaeos, and file attacln:pents. Tue. so~-ls ·. ayaj.la,plefor the iQS;Andtoid, Mac, Windovr~, and-.Lin~xoperating,syst®1s. . 

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9.. IFQ Broughton conducted.a~nuaLexan;tlnation of the MotorolaEdge Plus smart 

phone (Model XT2061-1; SeriaJ Number: ZY22C1M7ZQ) sei~ed fi,-om the ,defendant's residence. 

He. lgcated at least· 7 videos stored to the internal memory of the device that he identified as cpild 

pomogra:phy. · Six of the videoswerefoUl).d in the "photos" app of the phone, inside afQlder,entitled 

''telegram." They a~ as follows: 

• 2 lI1111ute 4S second video depicting (wo pieteen girlsm~turbating and petfot;ming oral sex 

qn each,other in a bathroom; 

• 18 minute :38 second vide<ldepicting a preteen girl masturbating and lewdly displaylllg:her 

vaginal area; 

• 9 minute 19 se~ond-video qepictingJ! preteen girl masturbating and lewdly displ~y,ing h,er 

vaginal area; 

• 2 .minute 2 second video depicting ar).· oldertee11 girLperformi.ng oral sex on a youngei:teeII 

boy; 

• 5 minute,2 $e.cond video depicting a11 old¢rteen girl perform111g oral sex on a: ypunger teen 

boy; 

• 40 second video deJ)icting a. teen girl, who appears, to be under 18 ma,&turbating in a 

bathrobe. 

10. J\nother video was found in the "pho.tos" app of the phone, inside a fol!ler entitled 

"dQ\vnloads.'' T:he video is 23 seconds long and depicts a preteen girl with a brown dog)iclqn:g 

her vagina. 

11. On Jan"Qary 27~ 2009, the d~fendant was adjudjcated guilty of three cc>Unts of 

possession of.child pmnography .. in violation ofFlori9a statu~e 827;Q71(5); third degree felo:i)i,es., 

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punishable by. up to five years in state. pri~on fo; each .cQunt, mid was sentenced to 9ne y~ar of . . . l . . 

imprisorim,e~t, followed by 10 mon~ of se,x o,ffender pr~>bation, in case 43Z008CF439,A. 

12. The parties agree that these tacts, which do not include all the facts known to the 

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government and. the .defen;dant, are sufficient. to prove the el~m.ents of the :following Qf.fenses 

b:e,y o~d aJ:easonable doubt:. 

. Possessi()ll of Child Pm"!lop;raphy ' 

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Third: . 

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The.defendat1tknowiiigly possessed one gr mordih:ns; video tapes, or other -· nui.ttercontairiing;~visuaj depiction; . . . . 

the :pr()du¢tio.g of the,yisual tl¢pictfon. involyed. the use of&:romor .engaging; 

fu sexually explicit conduct; 

the visual depiction -Wa,s of a lllinoi:,tmgagingin s~xmilly •explicitJ::.ondtiQt; 

the defe~d~t lalew th.e visual .d,epiction involved a :rpinor engtigin~ in · ~exually· ¢xplicit ·cpμduct; mid - . .__· . i 

the visual d~pictigns haq been. ~sported usjng atlY means or faciUty of 

intersti:lte coriunetce dt. :in. or affecfifi,gint~tstate commei:cte. · 

\JUAN . • . . . . NZ.ALEZ 

;·ORNEY 

By: 

By: 

·$C JlRY 

A · .·· .. _. FOR DEFENDANT 

By: 

NICHOLAS•·JAMES.SORGENF .. DEFENDANT.. . .. . , - .-_I , 

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