SAN ANTONIO — A Floresville man was sentenced in federal court to 30 years in prison for sexually exploiting a seven-year-old girl, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Rodney Allan Felux, 45, sexually assaulted and exploited the little girl while she attended a home daycare back in December of 2022, according to court documents. The child told her mother that she was sexually assaulted with a blindfold on, then taken to a shed where Felux took numerous sexually explicit images of her. This led to an investigation of the incident.
“As the court stated during the sentencing, the penalties are severe for this offense for a reason,” U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas. “This defendant has caused irreparable harm to this young girl based on his contemplated, planned and acted upon predatory sexual behavior.”
Felux was arrested on January 11, 2023 and he pleaded guilty in January 2024 to one count of sexual exploitation of children, the DOJ said. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery ordered Felux to pay $50,000 restitution to the victim, in addition to the 30-year sentence and lifetime supervised release.
"This sentencing sends a clear message that we will not tolerate the sexual abuse and exploitation of children in our community," said Special Agent in Charge Aaron Tapp of the FBI's San Antonio Field Office. "The FBI, along with our law enforcement partners at the Wilson County Sheriff's office, will continue to vigorously pursue every lead to rescue children who are being victimized, and bring their perpetrators to justice."
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