William Jared Breski

Introduction

William Jared Breski, 38, of Eastpoint, Florida, was found guilty by a federal jury of attempting to entice a minor to produce child pornography, attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor, and a penalty for registered sex offenders. The verdict was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. Breski, who has been a registered sex offender since 2021, was caught up in a July 2025 undercover operation run by local law enforcement to find registered offenders violating state registration requirements — an operation that put an undercover officer in contact with a social media account he had failed to disclose. He now faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison on the enticement count, with sentencing scheduled for January 2027.

Background Information

The one piece of personal history the release places on the record is Breski’s status as a registered sex offender: he has been on the registry since 2021. During the 2025 undercover operation that produced the federal case, the undercover officer contacted a social media account belonging to him that he had failed to disclose as required in his previous sex offender registration forms — the registration violation that made him a target of the operation in the first place. The release describes no further details about Breski’s background, employment, or the offense that originally placed him on the registry.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Convicted; sentencing pending.

The case grew out of a July 2025 undercover operation. As revealed at trial, local law enforcement conducted an undercover operation to identify and apprehend registered sex offenders who were in violation of state registration requirements. During the operation, an undercover law enforcement officer contacted Breski’s social media account, which he had failed to disclose as required in his previous sex offender registration forms. After being informed he was speaking to a 15-year-old child, the defendant expressed an interest in talking to the child about sex.

The contact did not end there. Ten days later — following his release from jail on state criminal charges — Breski re-initiated contact with the undercover officer posing as the child and sent numerous unsolicited images of himself nude. He then encouraged the “child” to produce sexually explicit images for him to view. A federal jury found him guilty of attempting to entice a minor to produce child pornography, attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor, and a penalty for registered sex offenders.

U.S. Attorney Heekin said: “My office takes seriously its duty to protect the most vulnerable members of our community against predators, like this defendant, who would seek to sexually exploit and victimize them, and this successful prosecution will ensure he is kept behind federal bars where he belongs and away from our kids. I appreciate the excellent investigative work of our state and federal law enforcement partners that supported this trial success, and my office remains committed to aggressively prosecuting these crimes to keep our kids safe.”

Breski faces a mandatory minimum 10 years’ imprisonment, and up to life imprisonment, on the attempted enticement count; up to 10 years’ imprisonment on the attempted transmission of obscene material count; and 10 years’ imprisonment consecutive to any other sentence imposed on the penalties for registered sex offender count. Sentencing is scheduled for January 28, 2027, at 2:00 pm at the United States Courthouse in Tallahassee before United States District Judge Robert L. Hinkle. The case involved a joint investigation by the Leon County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations, and Assistant United States Attorney Emma Schwan is prosecuting the case.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The reaction on the record is the United States Attorney’s: John P. Heekin’s statement upon the verdict, pledging that the prosecution will keep Breski “behind federal bars where he belongs and away from our kids” and committing his office to aggressively prosecuting these crimes. The release contains no victim statements, community statements, or other commentary, so no wider public reaction is described. The concrete consequences are the three jury convictions themselves and the sentencing exposure that follows: a mandatory minimum of 10 years and up to life on the enticement count, up to 10 years on the obscene-material count, and 10 years consecutive on the registered-sex-offender penalty count. The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, the Department of Justice’s nationwide initiative against child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006.

Current Status

Breski has been convicted by a federal jury and is awaiting sentencing, which is scheduled for January 28, 2027, at 2:00 pm at the United States Courthouse in Tallahassee before Judge Robert L. Hinkle. The release does not describe where Breski is being held, any detention or release status between conviction and sentencing, or any appeal, leaving the January sentencing hearing as the next event on the record.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The verdict turns Breski’s position on the sex-offender registry — a status he has held since 2021 — into the foundation of a federal prosecution carrying a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison. The undercover officer first reached him through a social media account he had failed to disclose in his registration forms, and after a brief interruption for state criminal charges and a stint in jail, his re-initiated contact with the person he believed was a 15-year-old child produced the enticement and obscene-material convictions. When Judge Robert L. Hinkle sentences him on January 28, 2027, the 10-year consecutive term attached to the registered-sex-offender count will stack on top of whatever term the other counts draw, with the enticement count alone exposing him to up to life imprisonment. The release describes no further details about his work, family, or life beyond the case.

Sources

• U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida, “Federal Jury Convicts Registered Sex Offender for Child Sex Crimes”, October 27, 2026 — source