Florida man sentenced in Chattanooga for enticement of a minor

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) —  A Florida man was sentenced in Chattanooga Thursday, March 27, 2025 for attempting to entice a minor into sending him sexually explicit images.

Rodney Paul Martin was sentenced to 90 months in prison.

According to the US Department of Justice (USDOJ) following his imprisonment, he will be on supervised release for 15 years, and will be required to register with the state sex offender registries and comply with special sex offender conditions.

Martin entered a plea deal with the court, pleading guilty to one count of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity.

The USDOJ stated Martin was using a social media platform, attempting to entice a 15-year-old male into creating sexually explicit images and transmitting those images to Martin via the internet.

What Martin thought was a 15-year-old male, was actually an undercover officer with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

This case was part of the nationwide initiative, Project Safe Childhood (PSC).

PSC was launched by the USDOJ to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.