DAYTONA BEACH, FL — A 27-year-old Volusia County man has been convicted and sentenced to jail followed by a decade of strict federal-level oversight after a multi-agency cybercrime task force caught him recording himself committing a sex act in front of a young child.
Timothy Williams IV entered a guilty plea to Lewd or Lascivious Exhibition on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Under the terms of the negotiated plea agreement, Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols sentenced him to a term of local incarceration, permanent tracking, and mandatory probation.
Federal Cyber Tips Expose Regional Abuse
The criminal pipeline that led to Williams’s conviction began in May 2025. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) Cyber Crimes and Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit intercepted an urgent, high-priority Cyber Tip generated by a joint monitoring operation between the FBI and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).
The federal data packet pinpointed a localized IP address transmitting evidence of acute child exploitation. Recognizing the severity of the threat, the FCSO coordinated a rapid-response operation, partnering directly with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Northeast Florida Inter-Agency Child Exploitation and Persons Trafficking Task Force.
A comprehensive forensic sweep of digital communications and device histories revealed that Williams had filmed himself engaging in a graphic sexual act directly in the physical presence of an underage victim.
Ten Years of Strict Sex Offender Tracking
Following his formal guilty plea, Judge Nichols ordered Williams to be remanded to serve out his immediate sentence. The statutory penalties leveled against Williams include:
- 180 Days Confinement: To be served immediately within the local county correctional network.
- 10 Years Sex Offender Probation: A decade of intensive, state-supervised probation restricting internet usage, tracking movements, and dictating employment limitations upon his physical release.
- Mandatory Lifetime Registration: Permanent mandatory registration as a documented sex offender.
- Permanent No-Contact Order: An absolute, lifelong legal prohibition barring Williams from ever making direct or indirect contact with the child victim.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly voiced approval for the definitive firewall the court put between the predator and the survivor:
“Ultimately, ensuring this pervert could never go near this young child again and have the opportunity to do anything else perverted was our main goal in this case. Anyone who thinks they can victimize a child in Flagler County and get away will find themselves in jail or prison. Another great job by our detectives, partners, and the State Attorney’s Office holding this pervert accountable.”
Williams is currently being held at the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility, where he has begun serving out his active jail sentence before transferring to the Florida Department of Corrections probation framework.