Noel Daniel Simonca, a 48-year-old resident of Jacksonville, has pleaded guilty to charges related to the attempted enticement of a minor child to engage in sexual activity, announced United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe Thursday.
Simonca, who utilized his cellphone and the internet to target a child, now faces a minimum sentence of 10 years and up to life in federal prison, along with a potential lifetime term of supervised release.
The arrest followed a targeted online undercover operation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Jacksonville. According to court documents, on December 10, 2024, an undercover FBI agent (UC) posed as the parent of an 11-year-old child and posted a brief message in a public chat room on an online social messaging application…