A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for transporting child pornography. Ryan Jeremiah Abbott, 23, of Plymouth, Wisconsin, was sentenced on April 8, 2015 in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy.
The investigation was conducted by HSI, and the case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the U.S. government to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
According to court records, in October 2014, Abbott, who was in Wisconsin, sent eight email messages to the undercover email account of a Special Agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Maine. Three of the emails contained links to folders maintained on a foreign cloud storage service. The folders contained dozens of videos depicting children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The other five emails attached video files also depicting children engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
A search warrant later executed on Abbott’s email account showed that it was almost exclusively dedicated to the solicitation and exchange of child pornography.
U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced the sentencing. Contact Craig M. Wolff, Assistant United States Attorney, at (207) 780-3257 for more information.
Abbott pleaded guilty to the charge on April 8, 2015. The investigation was conducted by HSI.
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Key Facts
- State: Maine
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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