Jared Thomas Marvin, Child Pornography, North Carolina 2019

A 24-year-old Mount Airy man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a child pornography case that involved the online solicitation of minors.

JARED THOMAS MARVIN pleaded guilty to one count of transportation of child pornography on January 9, 2019, and was subsequently sentenced to 144 months of imprisonment followed by 10 years of supervised release by United States District Judge Catherine C. Eagles.

The investigation began in 2017 when the Surry County Sheriff’s Office received information from Massachusetts law enforcement that an individual residing in Mount Airy, North Carolina solicited child pornography from a 10-year-old girl. Investigators identified the individual as MARVIN and took possession of his electronic devices.

According to investigators, MARVIN had distributed child pornography to the minor in an attempt to induce her to create and send him the same. When questioned by investigators, MARVIN explained that he saw the 10-year-old minor’s profile while browsing the social networking application Musical.ly. MARVIN admitted to possessing hundreds of child pornography files and estimated that, over the years, he asked 100 girls between 11 and 15 years of age for images depicting their private parts and advised that his requests were successful 65-70% of the time.

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) reviewed MARVIN’s devices and assisted with the investigation. SBI agents found 1,417 images and 673 videos constituting child pornography on four devices owned by MARVIN. Further, agents were able to identify and contact several minor girls with whom MARVIN inappropriately communicated.

This case was investigated by the Surry County Sheriff’s Office and North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, both are members of the North Carolina Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Eric L. Iverson.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse. This initiative marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.

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