Marshall Tyler Sills, Distributing Child Sex Abuse Videos, Florida 2020
A Jacksonville man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distributing child sex abuse videos.
U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis handed down the sentence to Marshall Tyler Sills (27, Jacksonville) on an unspecified date, with a 15-year term of supervised release to follow.
Sills was found guilty of distributing child sexual abuse materials. He is also required to register as a sex offender.
The investigation into Sills began in May 2020, when agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) received a lead from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) about the uploading and sharing of files depicting the sexual abuse of children from a residence in Jacksonville Heights.
HSI, working with CCSO and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, executed a federal search warrant at the residence on December 3, 2020. However, they discovered that Sills had recently moved from the residence in Jacksonville Heights to an apartment in the Ortega area.
On December 17, 2020, HSI executed a federal search warrant at Sills’s Ortega apartment and interviewed Sills, who admitted to receiving, downloading, and viewing images and videos of child sexual abuse. Sills acknowledged that he has a sexual interest in children.
Agents seized Sills’s desktop computer, which contained more than 1,900 files depicting children being sexually abused.
"Every time child pornography is shared, it victimizes a child again," said HSI Jacksonville Assistant Special Agent in Charge K. Jim Phillips. "HSI special agents and our partners with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office have made sure this predator will account for his victimization of our most vulnerable."
Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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