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Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Federal Child Pornography Conviction
ALBUQUERQUE – Curtis Caylor, 60, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today to five years in federal prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for his child pornography conviction.
Caylor will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
Caylor was arrested on Dec. 20, 2012, on an indictment charging him with three counts of receipt of a visual depiction of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and two counts of possession of a visual depiction of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
The indictment alleged that Caylor received child pornography on three occasions in Sept. 2011 and that he possessed child pornography in Jan. 2012, in Bernalillo County.
On Aug. 21, 2013, Caylor entered a guilty plea to Count 2 of the indictment charging him with receipt of child pornography. In his plea agreement, Caylor acknowledged that investigators with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the New Mexico Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (New Mexico ICAC Task Force) executed a federal search warrant at his residence on Jan. 12, 2012, and seized computers and computer-related media.
A forensic examination of his computers and computer-related media by HSI and the New Mexico Regional Computer Forensics Lab revealed thousands of images and videos consistent with child pornography. Caylor also acknowledged that HSI sent more than 1,000 of these images and 600 of those videos to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the NCMEC has issued a preliminary report indicating they include 154 videos of 48 children who have been identified as child pornography victims and have been rescued.
This case was investigated by the Albuquerque office of HSI, the Online Predator Unit of the NMSP, the New Mexico Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory, and other members of the New Mexico ICAC Task Force. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Marisa A. Charlyn E. Rees as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The case also was brought as a part of the New Mexico ICAC Task Force’s mission, which is to locate, track, and capture Internet child sexual predators and Internet child pornographers in New Mexico. There are 64 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies associated with the ICAC Task Force, which is funded by a grant administered by the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office. Anyone with information relating to suspected child predators and suspected child abuse is encouraged to contact federal or local law enforcement.
Key Facts
- State: New Mexico
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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