Blake Damian Rodgers, Child Pornography, Louisiana 2017

LAFAYETTE, La.

A Crowley man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for using his cell phone to produce videos of sex acts with a minor.

Blake Damian Rodgers, 35, of Crowley, La., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter on one count of production of child pornography.

According to the January 31, 2017 guilty plea, Rodgers was arrested and booked into the Acadia Parish jail on February 24, 2016, on theft charges.

While incarcerated, officers were notified that Rodgers was having sexually explicit conversations on the phone with a 14-year-old minor. Further investigation revealed that Rodgers had been involved in a sexual relationship with the minor and had taken videos of the acts on his cell phone.

After recovering the cell phone, law enforcement agents located several sexually explicit videos of the minor.

This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Rodgers was also sentenced to 15 years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine under the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.

He is also required to register as a sex offender.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) encourage the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at (866) 347-2423.

For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

Homeland Security Investigations and the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph prosecuted the case.

Blake Damian Rodgers, Production of Child Pornography, LAFAYETTE, La., January 31, 2017

Sentence: 180 months in prison

Supervised Release: 15 years

Fine: $5,000

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