Man Walks 351 Miles to Meet 14-Year-Old Girl

The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with the FBI, arrested Tommy Lee Jenkins, 32, on Thursday. Jenkins is facing charges of using a computer to persuade, induce or entice a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity.

Jenkins contacted an individual, whom he believed to be a 14-year-old girl named “Kylee,” beginning on October 1, 2022. He responded to a friend request on Facebook from an account that, unbeknownst to Jenkins, had been created by the police, according to the office of United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

After allegedly requesting sexually explicit photos of “Kylee” and failing to convince her to visit him in Indiana, Jenkins began on a path starting from Whitestown, about 30 miles northwest of Indianapolis, to Neenah, Wisconsin, using various forms of transportation including biking and catching a bus along the way, officials said.

If found guilty, Jenkins will be looking at a minimum sentence of 10 years in jail and up to a lifetime of imprisonment, accoridng to the U.S. Attorney. He has been previously acccused of sexually assaulting other underage children, according to the Oshkosh Northwestern publication.  Jenkins was sentenced to four years or probation for four counts of child abuse in 2012.