Kenneth Ray Jurls, Receiving Child Pornography, Louisiana 2015

A Bossier City man has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Kenneth Ray Jurls, 40, of Bossier City, Louisiana, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote for one count of receiving child pornography on July 15, 2015.

Law enforcement agents detected someone downloading child pornography using a peer-to-peer internet file sharing program. A search of Jurls’ home on July 16, 2014, revealed his computer had been downloading child pornography for years. The investigation revealed that over 1,000 images and videos of child pornography were found on his computer, including prepubescent children engaging in sexual and sadistic acts.

Jurls has two prior convictions for possession of child pornography in Bossier Parish. As a result, he faces 15 to 40 years in prison, not less than five years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. He is also required to register as a sex offender.

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, and the Bossier City Marshal’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael O’Mara is prosecuting the case.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Homeland Security Investigations/Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) encourage the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at (866) DHS-2ICE. Investigators are available at all hours to answer hotline calls. Tips or other information can also be submitted to ICE online at www.ice.gov/exec/forms/hsi-tips/tips.asp or through the Operation Predator smartphone app (http://www.ice.gov/predator/smartphone-app). Tips may be submitted anonymously.

This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a U.S. Department of Justice nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

The case has been set for sentencing on September 15, 2015.

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