U.S. Attorney’s Office

Southern District of New York

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Hubert Dupigny Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For Sex Trafficking Minors

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that HUBERT DUPIGNY, a/k/a “Fox,” was sentenced to 300 months in prison for sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors. DUPIGNY was previously convicted of those offenses, following an eight-day jury trial, on January 24, 2020, before U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said: “Hubert Dupigny trafficked minor victims who were runaways from the foster care system – victims who were half his age and did not have permanent homes or families to take care of them. Dupigny victimized, and violently abused, some of the most vulnerable members of our society for his own financial gain. His predatory conduct irreparably damaged the lives of his victims. Today, Hubert Dupigny was justly sentenced to 25 years in prison for his callous exploitation of those minor victims.”

According to the allegations contained in the Indictment and evidence presented during the trial in Manhattan federal court:

From at least in or about August 2016 through in or about May 2017, HUBERT DUPIGNY, a/k/a “Fox,” the defendant, engaged in a conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors. The defendant recruited two minor victims (“Victim-1” and “Victim-2”) to engage in commercial sex acts when they were living in foster care facilities or homes in New York City. The defendant took photographs of Victim-1 and Victim-2 in lewd positions, used Backpage.com to post advertisements of them for commercial sex, and then directed Victim-1 and Victim-2 to meet customers to engage in commercial sex out of an abandoned home in Brooklyn, New York. Victim-1 and Victim-2 saw as many as ten to fifteen customers each day. The defendant took all of the proceeds from their commercial sex acts, forcing Victim-1 and Victim-2 to be reliant on him for food and clothing.

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In addition to today’s prison sentence, DUPIGNY, 38, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to 10 years of supervised release.

Ms. Strauss thanked the FBI and the New York City Police Department for their outstanding work in this matter, particularly the FBI-NYPD New York Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force.

Any individuals who believe they have information that may be relevant to this investigation should contact the Federal Bureau of Investigation at (212) 384-1000 or https://tips.fbi.gov/.

This case is being handled by the Office’s General Crimes Unit. Assistant United States Attorneys Mollie Bracewell, Elinor Tarlow, Jacob Gutwillig, and Michael Herman are in charge of the prosecution.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/hubert-dupigny-sentenced-25-years-prison-sex-trafficking-minors

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U.S. Attorney’s Office

Middle District of Florida

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Jacksonville Couple Pleads Guilty To Child Exploitation Offenses

Jacksonville, Florida – Samuel Christopher Templeman (46, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to conspiring to sex traffic a child. His wife, Deborah Lynn Templeman (50, Jacksonville), has pleaded guilty to possession of child sex abuse material. Samuel Templeman faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison, and Deborah Templeman faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

According to the plea agreements, in 2018, Samuel Templeman and the child victim began regularly using heroin and crack cocaine together. Also at that time, a pimp began directing the child victim to engage in sex acts in exchange for drugs.

In July 2019, a court terminated the Templemans’ custodial rights over the child victim and ordered them not to have any contact with the child. The child was then placed in foster care, from which the child ran away. In late August 2019, Samuel Templeman received over $25,000 in inheritance, which the Templemans used to entice the child to return to them. By mid-October 2019, the Templemans had spent the entire inheritance, primarily on drugs for Samuel Templeman and the victim.

Thereafter, the only legitimate income for the Templemans and the victim was Deborah Templeman’s bi-weekly salary, which they spent 1-2 days after receipt. During the remaining portions of each month, the Templemans’ only income was derived from their sex trafficking of the child victim for money and the victim’s occasional panhandling. The Templemans spent most of that money on drugs and the rest on living expenses.

On December 11, 2019, a detective from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office went to Deborah Templeman’s place of employment in an attempt to locate the victim. While there, the detective overheard phone conversations in which Samuel Templeman told Deborah Templeman that he was taking the victim to a “date,” a common slang term for an appointment for the child to have sex for money, and that he would then come pick up Deborah Templeman. When Samuel Templeman later arrived at Deborah Templeman’s workplace, authorities arrested him and recovered the child victim.

Pursuant to a search warrant, investigators reviewed Deborah Templeman’s cellphone and found it contained sexually explicit images of the child victim. Deborah Templeman admitted that she knew those images were stored on her phone.

This case was investigated by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Laura Cofer Taylor and Special Assistant United States Attorney Erin Wolfson.

This is another case brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/jacksonville-couple-pleads-guilty-child-exploitation-offenses