Jacksonville Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Attempting to Entice a 14-Year-Old Child to Engage in Sexual Activity

Jacksonville, Florida - Isaiah Jacob Jordan (26, Jacksonville) has been sentenced by United States District Judge Jordan Emery Pratt to 10 years in federal prison for using his cellphone and the internet to attempt to entice a 14-year-old child to engage in sexual activity. Jordan pleaded guilty on January 12, 2026. He was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervised release and register as a sex offender.

According to court documents and information presented in open court, on January 18, 2025, an undercover Nassau County Sheriff's Office detective (UC) was conducting an online undercover operation to identify adults who were seeking to contact and engage in sexual activity with children. Posing as a 14-year-old child, the UC was asked by Jordan about his age and sexual preferences. Jordan engaged in multiple sexually explicit conversations with the UC, with Jordan asking the UC to meet for sexual activity in a Walmart parking lot. Once Jordan arrived, he was taken into custody. A search of the car revealed condoms and lubricant in the center console, along with the cellular phone Jordan used to communicate with the UC. A search of Jordan's cellular phone revealed several images of children being sexually abused.

This case was investigated by the Nassau County Sheriff's Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Northeast Florida INTERCEPT Task Force. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John Cannizzaro.

It is another case brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local investigative resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify, rescue, and seek justice for child victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.