Brandon Gregory Leal, Child Pornography and Firearm Offenses, Texas 2016

DALLAS, TX - Brandon Gregory Leal, 36, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his involvement in child pornography and firearm offenses in Garland, Texas.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Leal pleaded guilty to one count of attempted receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. He received 240 months on the child pornography conviction and 120 months on the firearm conviction, to run consecutively.

In a subsequent case, Leal pleaded guilty to one count of transportation of child pornography and was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $58,000 in restitution. That sentence will run concurrently to the first sentence imposed.

Special agents with the FBI executed a search warrant at Leal's residence in Garland, Texas, in July 2015, where they found and seized computers and other digital material, as well as an AR-15 rifle and a 9mm handgun.

Leal admitted to using the Tor chat network to obtain child pornography and admitted to having hundreds of images of prepubescent child pornography depicting prepubescent female children, including images of penetration, bestiality, and bondage.

Leal had previously been convicted of possession of child pornography in 2002 and was sentenced to 40 months' confinement while serving in the military.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Project Safe Childhood initiative, a department initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the proliferation of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation crimes against children.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/garland-man-sentenced-serve-total-30-years-federal-prison-child-pornography-and-firearm