A 36 year old man from Summerville, South Carolina, convicted of Attempted Production of Child Pornography, is sitting in a federal prison. Robert DiOrio was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison, five years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender.
The U-S Attorney’s Office says DiOrio started a conversation on Reddit with a person he believed was a 14-year-old girl. The conversation turned sexual, and he asked the 14-year-old girl to meet up hoping to have a sexual encounter with her. When DiOrio arrived at the meeting location he was arrested by law enforcement. Unbeknownst to him, DiOrio had been communicating with an undercover law enforcement officer.
A federal grand jury indicted DiOrio in August of 2024. He pleaded guilty on March 23rd and sentenced on June 15th.