Jon C. Ballay, Child Exploitation, Louisiana 2024

Jon C. Ballay, a 61-year-old New Orleans man, has been sentenced to 262 months imprisonment for his role in trafficking a 14-year-old female for commercial content.

According to court documents, Ballay used cellular phones to take approximately twenty sexually explicit images of the victim between May 15, 2017, and May 22, 2017, at multiple hotels in the greater New Orleans area.

On May 23, 2017, law enforcement authorities executed a search warrant at the Olde Town Inn, located at 2311 North Rampart Street, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and seized several electronic devices belonging to Ballay, including a Samsung Galaxy Express Prime cellular telephone affiliated with a local phone number.

Ballay will also be required to pay restitution to the victim in the amount of $67,300, serve a period of life of supervised release after he completes his prison term, and pay a special assessment fee of $100. Additionally, he will be required to register as a sex offender.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.

U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans praised the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in investigating this matter, and specifically the FBI New Orleans Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force, which includes members of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Kenner Police Department, and the Louisiana State Police.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jordan Ginsberg.

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