Jason Michael Miles, Receipt of Child Pornography, North Carolina 2023

Jason Michael Miles, 37, of Forest City, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 132 months in prison for receipt of child pornography, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Miles was ordered to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender after his incarceration.

According to admissions contained in plea documents and today’s sentencing hearing, Miles utilized the username “PURSEANON” to post pictures of children to a foreign image website on February 24, 2018.

Court records show that Miles had posted approximately 15 photos albums containing images of young girls secretly taken in public places, including one album titled “GIRL AT CVS,” which contained information that helped investigators determine the images were taken at a CVS store located in Morganton, North Carolina.

After law enforcement determined Miles’ identity, the investigation was transferred to the HSI office in Hendersonville, North Carolina. On May 31, 2018, HSI agents executed a search warrant at Miles’ residence in Rutherford County, seizing multiple electronic devices that revealed an extensive library of child pornography containing more than 7,193 images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children, including infants and toddlers.

Miles pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography on February 24, 2021, and is currently in federal custody. He will be transferred to the custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons upon designation of a federal facility.

In making today’s announcement, Acting U.S. Attorney Stetzer commended HSI for their investigation of the case, which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 aimed at combating the growing online sexual exploitation of children.

The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexis Solheim, a state prosecutor with the office of the 43rd Prosecutorial District, who was assigned by District Attorney Ashley Welch to serve as a SAUSA with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Asheville.

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