ALAMEDA (KRON) — A Coast Guard member was sentenced to nine years confinement after pleading guilty to sexual assault of a child, sexual abuse of a child, and other violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice during a general court-martial held aboard Coast Guard Base Alameda Tuesday, officials said Thursday.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jesse P. Wilson was sentenced to nine years confinement, a dishonorable discharge, and reduction to the rank of E-1 during the general court-martial.
Wilson pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a child, two specifications of sexual assault of a child, extortion, two specifications of assault consummated by a battery, false official statement, knowingly possessing an explicit image of a child, and failing to properly register firearms.
According to statement from the USCG, Wilson committed sexual acts with a victim near Honolulu in December 2014. During the course of the investigation, agents from the Coast Guard Investigative Service found an explicit image of the child victim on his phone.
Wilson also pleaded guilty to extortion after he threatened to post nude images of an adult victim on the internet in November 2014.
Agents also discovered Wilson had physically assaulted two victims in separate incidents while stationed at Coast Guard Special Missions Training Center, N.C., in 2011 and 2013, resulting in two specifications of assault consummated by a battery, the statement said.
The Coast Guard Investigative Service led the investigation. Attorneys from Coast Guard Pacific Area Command in Alameda prosecuted the case.
Wilson will serve his sentence at U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar, California.