A Hampton man has been sentenced to 102 months in prison for his role in a child exploitation ring that distributed explicit images and videos of minors.
Ryan Chiles, 22, was sentenced on July 14, 2010 in the Western District of Pennsylvania.
According to court documents and proceedings, Chiles and others distributed images and videos of children being sexually abused to other members of a restricted membership group on a social networking site.
Members of the group exchanged thousands of explicit images and videos of children, many of whom were pre-pubescent boys, including infants, being sexually abused and sometimes sodomized or bound.
Chiles pleaded guilty on July 14, 2010, to one count of participating in a child exploitation enterprise.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations in Pittsburgh and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) of the Department of Justice.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the CEOS prosecuted the case.
Chiles was sentenced to 102 months in prison and life supervision after his release.
This case was brought as part of the Project Safe Childhood initiative, a national effort to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.
Project Safe Childhood brings together federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children through the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
Defendant: Ryan Chiles
Criminal Charges: Participating in a child exploitation enterprise
City and State: Hampton, Virginia
Date: July 14, 2010
Sentence: 102 months in prison and life supervision after release
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Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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