Miguel Jimenez Jr., Child Pornography, Texas 2017

GALVESTON, Texas – A 22-year-old Freeport man has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Miguel Jimenez Jr. pleaded guilty January 25, 2017.

Today, U.S. District Judge George Hanks handed Jimenez 240 months for the distribution charge, 120 months for the possession charge, and 240 months for the receipt of child pornography charge. The sentences will run concurrently.

Additional information was presented today, including that besides the victims in the images and videos, Jimenez had contact with four minor females from whom he sought graphic nude images. In handing down the sentence, Judge Hanks noted his obligation to protect the public and the victims.

Jimenez came to the attention of authorities after they believed he was uploading and storing child pornography into a virtual storage account. A search warrant was executed at his residence, at which time law enforcement located and seized various computers and cellular phones. Forensic analysis of the phones, computers, and virtual storage accounts revealed 658 child pornography images and 634 child pornography videos.

The images and videos included minors under the age of 12 engaging in sexual activity, toddlers, instances of sadism, masochism, bondage involving the penetration of the minor, as well as masturbation and the lewd and lascivious display of the children's genitals.

Jimenez admitted he possessed, received, and distributed numerous images of child pornography. Jimenez chatted with unidentified users who shared his sexual interest in children. Further, Jimenez used several different on-line applications to chat with underage girls all over the country. He had an online relationship with one minor female whom he had threatened by saying she had to continue the relationship or he would send naked pictures of her to her friends.

Jimenez has been detained since his arrest on May 5, 2016, at which time U.S. Magistrate John R. Froeschner found him to be a flight risk and danger to the community. Jimenez will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.

The case, prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sherri Zack, was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the government to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/freeport-man-sent-prison-three-child-pornography-convictions