Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Matthew Mills was sentenced to 15 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Nelson Román for his enticement of an 11-year-old minor.  The sentencing followed MILLS’s guilty plea on September 29, 2023.

“Matthew Mills’s crimes are the nightmare of every parent,” said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.   “Even after registering as a sex offender, Mills was able to prey on a young child from across the country, but the career prosecutors of this Office and our investigative partners were relentless in pursuing this predator.  Today’s lengthy sentence ensures that Mills will face justice for his reprehensible conduct.”

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

From on or about July 30, 2020, up to and including on or about July 31, 2020, Mills exchanged text messages with an 11-year-old minor and directed the minor to take and transmit sexually explicit photographs and videos of to Mills.  At the time of these communications, Mills was in Colorado and the victim was in Orange County.

Earlier in 2020, Mills pled guilty to Sexual Exploitation of a Child, a Class 4 Felony, in the state of Colorado.  As a result of this offense, on or about July 10, 2020, MILLS was sentenced to an eight-year term of probation and was required to register as a sex offender in Colorado.

In addition to the prison sentence, Mills 32, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release.      

Williams praised the efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), the FBI Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, and the Denver Police Department in connection with this investigation.      

The prosecution is being handled by the Office’s White Plains Division.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Marcia S. Cohen is in charge of the prosecution.