Pedophile puppeteer sentenced to 20-years in prison after planning to torture, rape, murder and eat toddlers

Sentencing: Ronald Brown is expected to be sentenced to a maximum 30-years in jail for possession of child pornography images

The pedophile puppeteer who planned to kidnap, rape, murder and then eat toddlers was sentenced to 20-years today in Florida on pornography charges.



Ronald William Brown, 58, pleaded guilty to eight counts of possessing child pornography - including distressing images of dead children and children in bondage on his computer files at his home in Whispering Pines trailer park in Largo.



Court documents filed last week show that prosecutors requested U.S. District Court Judge James D. Whittemore to give Brown the maximum possible sentence of 30-years.



Brown first came to the attention of federal agents when they monitored online chats he entered into in which he discussed his desire to kidnap, kill and eat a boy at his church.



The motion to pass the maximum sentence over Brown from prosecutors noted that investigators found handwritten journals revealing he had a 'long pattern and history of obsessing about individual boys' whom he knew through his 'puppet ministry' at Pinellas County churches.



The journals, which dated back from 1993, show that Brown was obsessed with one particular boy who attended Dunedin Middle School and would repeatedly drive past to see him.



The journals state that he also 'liked' another boy, but 'got mad at him for losing interest in the puppets.'

Puppeteer: Brown worked on the Christian television show called 'Joy Junction' and used his puppet's as a way of getting close to children

Prosecutors also showed evidence to the court which depicted a photograph of a boy labeled as if he were an animal being prepared for slaughter, with parts of his body indicated as 'steaks' and 'shanks'.



Brown's lawyers failed to argue that his writings about cannibalism were only expressions of their clients fantasies.

Ronald Brown made the horrific confession to a pedophile as they talked about what they would like to do with young children online.



The 57-year-old, who worked as a puppeteer, lusted after young children and spoke about his fantasy of killing and cooking the body parts of a young boy in an online chat room.

According to an arrest affidavit Brown said he would like to tie the child up, store him in a closet and then eat him at Easter.

Brown had been accused of conspiring to kidnap young children in order to torture and eat them

He describes in graphic detail what he would do to the boy, how he would cut him up and says: ‘He would make a fine Easter feast.’

In another chat, Brown allegedly remarked how great summer time is because the children in his Florida neighborhood are ‘almost naked.’

In another thread, Brown remarked about how his ‘mouth watered’ while looking at a female toddler.

Local station WTSP reports that Brown also allegedly asked a Kansas City man to assist him in abducting and then murdering a child.

The man, identified as Michael Arnett, was arrested and charged with producing child pornography.

According to documents, Brown was targeting a little boy at a local church near where he lived in a mobile home part in Largo, Florida.

He allegedly told Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents , he wanted to ‘eat’ the child.

Brown also admitted in the documents that he wanted to strangle children, that he was in a group on Yahoo where he discussed his fantasies online.

According to the arrest affidavit Brown works as a puppeteer, performing at elementary schools, malls, church groups and private birthday parties.



Access to children: Brown works as a puppeteer, performing at elementary schools, malls, church groups and private birthday parties

He also lives in a neighborhood surrounded by playgrounds, and routinely invited neighborhood children to his residence for pizza, according to an arrest affidavit.

Brown started his puppeteer company in 1992, Puppet Plus.

On Facebook, he describes about performing in schools and malls, even for the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team.



He also has a picture of a child who he mentors weekly, saying ‘we visit parks and go many places’.

Officers became aware of Brown's alleged plans during a child pornography investigation that originated in Massachusetts and resulted in the arrest and conviction of 48-year-old Robert Diduca.

While monitoring chat rooms they came across Brown discussing his fantasy where he discussed in graphic detail what he would like to do with the dead bodies.

Passionate about work: Brown started his puppeteer company 'Puppet Plus' in 1992

When police raided his home last year they found child pornography images on his computer and a CD that had been stashed in his sock drawer.

The images allegedly showed images of dead children and children that had been posed in bondage positions.

Brown is being held by U.S. Marshalls in Pinellas County jail and due in court today(Tues).

Neighbors at the mobile home park told Tampa 10 News last year they were shocked at his arrest.



Robin Fuchs, was both terrified and disgusted when she heard the details of the case.

She said her children and others play in the area all the time.

‘They're all passing his house every morning and afternoon. Some parents aren't home and sending their kids on. They don't know at all,’ she said.

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