Ocala, Florida – Juan Miguel Angel (33, Tampa) has been charged by indictment with one count of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and four counts of attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor. If convicted, Angel faces a minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison for the attempted enticement offense. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment for each count of attempted transfer of obscene material. United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
According to court documents, between June 15 and August 20, 2026, Angel communicated online with an individual whom he believed was a 13- to 14-year-old girl. That individual was actually an undercover agent with Homeland Security Investigations. During the conversations, Angel described the sexual activity in which he wanted to engage in with the minor and sent multiple explicit videos of himself. He subsequently was arrested by law enforcement.
An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.
This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigation with assistance from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Pasco Sheriff’s Office. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Sarah Janette Swartzberg.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc .
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — Middle District of Florida — U.S. Department of Justice press release.