Lake Worth Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Entice 15-Year-Old for Sexual Activity
MIAMI / Thursday, August 20, 2026 – A Lake Worth man has pleaded guilty to attempting to entice a 15-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity, sending sexually explicit images of himself to minors, and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
According to court records, Nicholas John Dinapoli, 30, who used the alias “demondon_666,” exchanged messages in September 2025 with someone he believed to be a 15-year-old girl. During the exchanges, Dinapoli sent sexually explicit images of himself and requested images in return. Dinapoli also discussed sexual activity he wanted to engage in with the purported 15-year-old and discussed meeting her in person for that purpose.
“Adults who use the internet to sexualize, manipulate, and pursue children will find federal law enforcement on the other side of the screen,” said U.S. Attorney Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida. “Nicholas Dinapoli repeatedly targeted minors, sent them obscene material, and sought sexual contact with a child. Protecting children from online exploitation is a top priority, and we will relentlessly pursue those who prey on them.”
During the same period, Dinapoli exchanged messages with a 13-year-old girl and sent her a sexually explicit image of himself, knowing that she was under 16. In or around October 2024, Dinapoli also communicated through a social media application with another girl who was 16 to 17 years old and whom he believed to be 16. During those communications, the girl sent Dinapoli sexually explicit images of herself.
During the execution of a search warrant at Dinapoli’s residence, law enforcement searched his electronic devices and found CSAM involving the 16-to-17-year-old girl saved on his phone. A review of Dinapoli’s social media account also revealed that he had engaged in sexual communications with at least two other minors, as well as additional inappropriate online encounters with girls who appeared to be under 18.
Dinapoli pleaded guilty to one count of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, one count of attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, one count of transfer of obscene material to a minor, and one count of possession of visual depictions involving the sexual exploitation of minors. He faces a maximum sentence of life in federal prison on the attempted enticement count, up to 10 years in prison on each obscene material count, and up to 10 years in prison on the possession count. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
U.S. Attorney Reding Quiñones and Special Agent in Charge Brett Skiles of the FBI, Miami Field Office, made the announcement.
FBI Miami, West Palm Beach Resident Agency, is investigating the case with assistance from FBI New York.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Katie Wilson is prosecuting the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.justice.gov/psc.
Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov, under case number 26-cr-80087.
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Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida
