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UNITED STATESDISTRICT COURT )

SODTHERN BISTRICT OFFLORIDA t
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CASENO . 1:21-mj-û3941-Reid

UNITED STATES O F AM ER ICA

Y.

W ILLIAM G ROSS,JR.

Defendant.
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CRIM INA L C O VER SHEET

D id this m atter originate from a m atter pending in the Central Region ofthe United States
Attorney'sOffice priorto August9, 2013(Mag.JudgeAliciaValle)? No
2. Did thismatteroriginatefrom amatterpending in theNorthern Region ofthe United states
Attorney's Ofscepriorto August8, 2014 (M ag.JudgeShaniekM aynard)? No
3. Didthismatterorijinatefrom amatterpending intheCentralRegionoftheUnitedStates
Attorney'sO ffice prlorto O ctober3, 2019(Mag.JudgeJared Strauss)? No
Respectfully subm itted,

JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZ

ACTING UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

By: ? JOSEPH EGOZI

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AssistantUnited StatesAttorney
CourtID N o.A 5502707
99 N ortheast4thStreet
M iami,FL.33132-21ll
Tel:(305)961-9050
Joseph,Egozi@usdoj.gov
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AQ91(1uV,08/û9)Crimi
nalCûmplaint

U NITED STATES D ISTRICT C OURT

fortht
Southern DistrictofFlorida

United StatesofAm elica

V.
W illiam Gross Jr. CaseNo. 1:21mj03941Reid

Delkndant(s)

CRIM INAL COW LAINT BY TELEPH ONE OR OTHER RELIABLE ELECTRONIC M EAN S
1,thecomplainantin thiscase,statethatthefollowing istnleto thebestofm y knowledge and belief.
*norabouttheëatets)of August3,2020-November9, 2020 in thecounty of Miami
- Dade in the
Southern Districtof Florida ,t
htdtftndantls)violattd:
CodeTection Of/àaâ'cDescription
18U.S.C j2252(a)(2) DistributionofChildPornography

Thiscriminalcomplaintisbased on thesefacts:
SEE ATTACHED AFFIDAVIT.

W continuv:onth:attache:shxt .

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C Iain t'
ssignature

S ecialA tKimberl Jennette FBl

ted namecr14 tide

Atteste:to by theApplicantin accor:ancewith therequirementsofFeë.

R.Crim. 4.lby Face i
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Date: *ctobel4,2021
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A Judge'
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çaignmture
City and state: Miami. Florida Honorabl
e Lisette M . Reid,U.S.Maqistrate Judqe
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AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPO RT OF CRIM INAL CO M PLAINT

1,Kimberly Jenndte,btingûrstduly swom ,hertbydepost and stattasfollows:

INTR O DUCTIO N A N D AG ENT BA CK G R O UND

Iam a SpecialAgentwiththeFederalBureau ofInvestigation CçFBl'')andhave

been so tmployed since M arch 2018.Icurrently serve on the ViolentCrimes againstChildren

squad in tht FBI's M iam iField O tlict. Aspartofthissquad,Iam aparticipating memberofthe

Human Tram cking and Child Exploitation Task Force. M y duties include the ddection and

neutralization ofhuman trafricking and childexploitation. Ihave received training on the proper

investigative techniques for these violations including surveillance techniques; interviewing

methodsofsubjects,witnesscs,andvictims'
,andthcpreparation andexecution ofarrest,search,
and seizurewarrants.Ihaveexperience in reviewingstillimagesandvideoscontainingsexually

explicitconduct on various form s of electronic m edia including com puters, digitalcnm eras,and

w irelesstelephones,and 1havediscussed andreviewed thesem aterialsw ith otherlaw enforcem ent

om cers.

Iam alaw enforcementofficerwithin themeaning ofTitle 18, United StatesCode,

Section2510(7),andIam empoweredbylaw toconductinvestigations, execute and servesearch

warrants,and m akc arrestsforofrensesenum erated in Title 18 ofthe U nited States Codc, and for

offensesagainsttheUnited States.

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heinfbrmationcontainedinthisAm davitisbased onm ypersonalknowledge, as

wellasinform ationrelayedtomeby otherlaw enforcem entagentsinvolved in thisinvestigation.

The inform ation setforth in this agidavit is provided in supportof the attached
crim inalcomplaint,charging W ILLIAM G ROSS JR . CCGROSS''
)with the fbllowing violation:
distribution ofchild pom ography, in violation ofTitle 18,U nited StatesCode, j2252(a)(2).n is
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Aï davitisintended onlyto establish probable causeto believethattheoffe

nse was com m itted.
Assuch,itdoesnotincludeeachandeveryfactknowntolaw enforcem entaboutthisinvestigation.

PRO BA BLE CA USE

n eKikMessengerapplication(commonlyknownasandhereino erreferredtoas
ttKik'')isaninstantmessagingmobileapplicationownedbyMediaLabAlInc.andisavailablefor
.

freedownloadon both iOS and Androidoperatingsystems. Kik useseithera dataplan orW i-Fi

cormection on a device, such asasmartphone oratablet tosend and receivemessages

, , images,
videos, m obile w ebpages, and other content. K ik users are required to register a usernam e;

however,becauseKik isknown foritsfeaturesallowing f0ruser anony

m ity,itdoesnotrequire
usersto register a telephone num ber. Ki
k maintainsalogofeachuser'sinternetprotocol(6çIP'7)
addresstes)thatcanconfirm auser'slocation .

A law enforcementoffkerservingin an undercovercapacity(ççUC'')wasamember

ofa certain chatroom poup on Kik (tht $$GROUP'') The GROUP consists of like-minded
.

individualswho postand/orshare vidtos and imagesofapom o

graphic nature,including ttchild
pornoy aphy''asdeined in 18 U .S.C.j2256(8).lmagesandvideoscan beshareddirectlywi
th
the GROUP members orthrough links to other cloud-based websites,such as M EGA
, that
m aintain im agts and video files. '
IheGROUP hasa membership capacity ofapproximately 50
members. TheUC wasabletoview stillimages, videos,andfiltsharing linksappearing to depict

child ponlography thatm em bersshared w ithin the GROUP. TheactualdisplaynameandKikuser

identification name ofthe GROUP isknown to me butwillbe withhtld from this Afridavitto

protectongoing investigations. Ifthe GROU P nam e ispublicly disclosed itw illharm the UC 's
,

online identity and ongoing investigations into othertargets.

7. WhentheUC joinedtheGROUP, subjectW illiam GrossJr.('tGROSS'')wasone

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ofitsadministrators. On the Kik application,GROSS utilked the Kik username ofççW il1g88O''

with a display nam e ofç<chase Ordonez,''

8. OnoraboutJune13,2020,theUC contactedGROSSviadirectmessage(ççDM'').
9. n efollow ing isa portion ofconversationsbetween G ROSS andtheU C from June

2020 through Decem ber2020:

* UC..ç:R u active orfantasy?''

GROSS: ççA ctive''
UC:ççl'm activewithmy daughter.W ho u activewith?''
GRO SS: ççInm active w ith afew fam ily m em bers. How o1d is yourdaughterT'l
UC . 1ç11''

* GRO SS: SdYep.W ellIhad plansto hang outw ith m y bestfriendsdaughter''

UC: ttl-low o1d is she?''
GROSS: çI14''
U C: ççW hathappened?''
GRO SS: t<Im ay orm ay notgo. Butshedoesn'tsuck good dick.And only wants
itin themss''
UC:tçNiceUrfriend know urfucking he1'?''
GRO SS:1$Y ea.He invitesm e to do so. She lovesto fuck big cock up herassand
suck dicknotsheisn'tsogoodonthedick sucking''

* GROSS; ç:I usedto play withm ylittlecousin atnightwhen shewasasleep andI

w ould play and lick herpussy w ithoutherknowing''
UC : tçylm m m ''

* GROSS:1çDoyouthinkshecanhandlemydick?''(GROSSthensentapictureof
hispenistotheUC,)ttlustwakinghim upkindahalfchub''
U C: GçW ith lube she can l'm sure''
GROSS:ççIwonthurther?Doesshedoanal?''
UC: Sçshehas''
GROSS:lsW ould Ihaveto wearprotection?Ordoesshelikeit1'
aw .''

@ G RO SS:Gçilonestly Idon'tcum the sam e asIdo to herphotos. IfIcash app you

would you send me some?And again Idon'tkeep ourconvosorphotos. So I'm
stuckwithwhatyousendmeforjusttheoneday.''
UC:ççlfu wantm eto take specific pics ofhertellm e w hatu w antto see and I
w ould take cash app forthem .''

1GROSS has a 7-year-old daughter.

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GROSS:t'Ok then.W hatisofflim its?''

UC:dsYou tellmewhatyou wantandI'11tellu''
GRO SS::$W e11from whatyou sentm e. Iw ould liketo see herbooty and m aybe
pussy ifyou letm e.''

1O. From on oraboutAugust3, 2020,throughNovember9,2020,GROSSsenttheUC

unsolicitedvideosandimagesthatappearedtobechildsexualabusematerial(CSAM)inthechat
threadtotheundercoverom cer. Specifically,OROSS sentfourCSAM videosandthreeCSAM

picturesto the UC during thistim e. Thefollowing are descriptions ofthe videossentby G ROSS

totheU C:

FileN am e: ce5b91b3-d4b2-4d0a-8e38-3666289aa94b
Length of File: 18 seconds
FileDescription: Thisvideodepictsanerectpenispenetratingatoddler'srectum .

@ FileName:c29 1r9-6> 0-4c88-85a2-8da4cb7ace0d

Length of File: 20 seconds
FileDescription:n isvideodepictstwo prepubescentfem alesperforming oral
sex on an erectpenis.

@ File Nam e: e4f10c96-8377-0 99-87ae-75c61590a70c

Length of File: 59 seconds
FileDescription:n isvideo depictsan adultmalepenetratingthe vaginal/rectal
areaofachildwhilethechild performsoralsex on anothermale.

@ FileName: 4c423a55-42e3-4b29-* 2-f521c18464db

Length ofFile: 25 seconds
File Description: n isvidto dtpictsan adultmalepenetrating the vaginal/rectal
areaofachild.
11. On Janua'y 13, 2021,1aw enforcementserved asubpoenato M edial
aab.
AlInc.for
subscriber information and IP Logs for the Kik user t&W il1g880.
'' The returns contained IP
addressts 73.46.34.97 and 108,95.107.202.

12. On January 25, 2021,law entbrcementserved asubpoenatoComcastforIPaddress

73.46.34.97. Com castprovided thesubscriber/lp custom erdetailsforthisIP address

, w hich cam e

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backto an individualwith initials<tI,Z.''atthephysicaladdressof2839 SW 132ndPlace M iam i,

,

Florida33175. Although Florida'sdriverlicense databasereflects a diflkrenthomeaddressfor

,

GROSS,thisaddresswaslisted by GROSS ashispermanentresidencewith hisemployeratthe

time,W ildFork Foods.

13. On January 25, 2021,law enforcementserved asubpoenato AT&T forIP address

108.95,107.202. AT& T provided the subscriber/lp customerdetailsforthis IP addr

ess,which
cameback toJBSUSA atthephysicaladdressof15703 SW 88* Street, M iami,Florida 33196.A

public database query of15703 SW 88thStreet, M iami,Florida33196 revealedtheaddressisfor

W ildFork Foods.JBSUSA ownsW ild Fork Foods.

On M ay 27,2021,1aw enforcem entserved a subpoena to JBS U SA for records

pelaining to GROSS. JBS USA recordsconfirmed thatGROSS worked for W ild F

ork Foods
from February 2020 untilJanuary 2021, which encompasses the time period thatthe UC was

chattingwithGROSS. JBSUsA recordslistGROSS'Shom eaddresslistedintheirpersonnelIiles

as 2839 SW 1320dPlace, M inmi, Florida 33175.

15. During a Kik conversation on December6, 2020,between theUC and ççW illg880''

(GROSS),GROSS sharedtwoactualphotographsofhimself Icom paredthephotographssent

.

by GROSS tohisphotograph onrecordwith Florida'sdriverlicensed

atabu e,andthey appearto
bethesam eperson.

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CONCLUSIO N

16. Based on the aforementioned inform ation, I respectfully submit that there is

probable caust to believe that W ILLIA M G RO SS JR . did know ingly com m it the offense of

distribution ofchild pom ography, in violation ofTitle 18,United StatesCode, Section2252(a)(2).

FURTH ER YO U R A FFIANT SAY ETH NA UG H T .

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S CIAL A T BERL JE TE
FEDERAL AU OF IN VESTIGATION

Attested to by the applicantin accordance

withtherequirementsofFederalRuleof
CriminalProcedure4.1by Face Time
this 4th day ofOctober2021

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ORABLE LISETTE M .REID

UNITED STATES M A GISTRA TE JUDGE