Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich
has sentenced Vivienne Yvette Sellers (78, Palm Harbor) to five years in
federal prison for receiving child pornography. The court also ordered Sellers
to forfeit the electronic devices that she used in the commission of the
offense.
Sellers had pleaded guilty on April 8, 2019.
According to court documents, Sellers used an internet-based
mobile application to receive child pornography and discuss the sexual abuse of
children. Between May 30 and June 17, 2017, Sellers used the app to communicate
with another user whom she believed to be a nine-year-old boy, and she received
images and videos of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Sellers admitted to law enforcement agents that she had used
her cellphone to access the app and communicate with a child about sex. Sellers
stated that she sent sexually explicit pictures of herself to the child and
received sexually explicit photos from the child. Sellers further admitted that
she wanted the child to come over to her house with his friend because it was
her fantasy to have sex with two boys at the same time.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. It was being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lisa
M. Thelwell.
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