January 16, 2021
A registered sex offender in Escambia County has been sentenced to life in prison for new child sex crimes.
Travis M. Butler, of Pensacola, was sentenced Friday to life imprisonment on federal charges of enticing a minor for sexual activity and producing child pornography. Butler pled guilty to the charges during a pretrial conference just two days before his federal jury trial was due to begin, according to, Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
“Butler is a sexual predator who has repeatedly victimized underage girls for his own purposes,” said Keefe. “He has inflicted harm on far too many girls, but his trail of devastated young lives will come to an end behind bars.”
Pensacola registered sex offender gets life sentence for new child sex crimes
Posted at 3:30 PM, Jan 15, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-15 15:30:40-05
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WTXL) â A Pensacola man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday, January 15, 2021 on federal charges of enticing a minor for sexual activity and producing child pornography.
Just two days before his federal jury trial was due to begin, 47-year-old Travis M. Butler pled guilty to the charges during a pretrial conference.
The charges stem from a previous investigation involving illicit communication with a minor that began in early September 2019.
In September 2019, law enforcement officers with the Pensacola Police Department received information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Butler and a minor female from the local area were engaged in illicit communications and activity via Facebook Messenger.