South Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Producing and Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material

MIAMI - Port St. Lucie, Fla., resident Elijah Daniel Shaw, 22, has pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Melissa Damian to producing and possessing child sexual abuse material.

According to Court records, in July, 2022, a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent and Martin County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) detectives received information that tattoo artist Dustin Singleton aka "Greenhouse" exchanged narcotics and tattoos for sexual activity with minor females while at his Port St. Lucie tattoo shop.

Two rounds of search warrants were obtained-the first for narcotics and the second for child sexual abuse material, which targeted Singleton's electronic devices. Forensic examinations of the devices revealed numerous images of Singleton and Shaw engaging in sexually explicit activity with a freshly tattooed minor female victim-recorded inside the tattoo shop.

On August 02, 2022, law enforcement arrested Shaw who identified images/videos of himself, Singleton, and the minor female victim and confirmed that the video was recorded at the tattoo parlor. Shaw's iCloud account also contained numerous videos, including one of Singleton holding a smoking glass pipe for the minor female victim while he and Shaw engaged in sexually explicit activity with her.

Shaw faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison and up to 30 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release. In addition, he will be required to register as a sex offender.

Singleton, who also was arrested, has a trial date set for April 10, 2023. Singleton, who also was arrested, has a trial date set for April 10, 2023. An indictment is only an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Markenzy Lapointe and acting Special Agent in Charge Michael E. Buckley, HSI, Miami Field Office, made the announcement.

HSI Fort Pierce Office along with the Martin County Sheriff's Office, St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, and Port St. Lucie Police Department investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Carmen Lineberger and Michael Porter are prosecuting it.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood (PSC), 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 United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, PSC 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 the PSC initiative and for information regarding Internet safety, please 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 on http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.