Florida Man Sentenced to 121 Months in Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography and Enticement of Minor

CAMDEN, N.J. - A Florida man was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for receiving child pornography and enticement to travel for illicit sexual conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Andrew Drechsel, 35, of Saint Cloud, Florida, pleaded guilty on June 1, 2023, before Chief U.S. District Judge Renée M. Bumb to an information charging him with one count of receiving child pornography and one count of knowingly persuading, inducing, enticing and coercing a minor to travel interstate to engage in sexual activity for which the defendant can be charged with a crime. Judge Bumb imposed the sentence today in Camden federal court.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

From 2014 to Nov. 8, 2019, Drechsel lived in Hamden, Connecticut. His victim lived in New Jersey. On Nov. 8, 2019, law enforcement agents searched one of Drechsel's phones and found images of child sexual abuse, including images of the victim when the victim was 14 years old. Drechsel admitted that he originally met the victim through his activities in the parkour community as an "American Ninja Warrior." Drechsel admitted the victim traveled across state lines in July 2015 and he had sexual relations with the victim.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Bumb sentenced Drechsel to 15 years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $100,000 in restitution to the victim.

U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited special agents of the FBI South Jersey Resident Agency, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge of FBI Philadelphia Special Agent in Charge Wayne A. Jacobs, with the investigation leading to the sentencing. He also thanked the Camden County Prosecutor's Office, the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office; the Cherry Hill Police Department; the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut; special agents of the FBI New Haven Resident Agency; the Connecticut State's Attorney's Office, Hartford Judicial District; the Connecticut State's Attorney's Office, New Haven Judicial District; the Windsor Police Department; the Hamden Police Department; and special agents of the FBI Tampa Resident Agency.

The government is represented by Sara A. Aliabadi, Deputy Attorney-in-Charge of the Camden branch office.