GALVESTON, Texas — On April 4, a choose sentenced a Southeast Texas man to 27 years in jail following a number of convictions for little one exploitation associated offenses.
Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) Houston’s Galveston workplace, the Pearland Police Division and the Houston Metro Web Crimes In opposition to Youngsters Activity Pressure performed the investigation.
Jake Delahney Taylor, a 38-year-old resident of Brazoria, was convicted Tuesday within the U.S. District Courtroom for the Southern District of Texas of sexual exploitation of a kid, distribution and possession of kid pornography and destruction of property. Taylor pleaded responsible to possession of kid pornography and destruction of property on Jan. 20, 2022. He was later discovered responsible of the sexual exploitation of a kid and distribution of kid pornography following a one-day bench trial.
Taylor was ordered to serve 324, 240 and 120 months for the manufacturing, distribution and possession convictions, respectively. He was additionally sentenced to 60 months in jail for destruction of proof. All of the convictions will run concurrently for a complete of 324 months in jail.
The choose additionally ordered Taylor to serve 10 years on supervised launch following his jail time period. Throughout that point, he should adjust to necessities designed to limit his entry to youngsters and the web. He should additionally register as a intercourse offender.
The investigation revealed that Taylor had surreptitiously recorded a 13-year-old feminine relative whereas she was within the lavatory on 5 totally different events. Taylor edited the movies to create nonetheless pictures of the sufferer that depicted her non-public areas. He then despatched a few of these pictures to different individuals on Kik with whom he had mentioned his sexual curiosity in youngsters.
The kid’s mom discovered among the pictures and contacted regulation enforcement, which led to a search. Authorities discovered digital units containing 118 pictures and 134 movies of the minor sufferer. Taylor additionally had 84 movies and 24 pictures of kid sexual abuse materials in his assortment.
On the listening to, the courtroom heard extra info relating to the impression Taylor’s conduct had on the sufferer’s household, which helped result in the numerous jail sentence.
Taylor will stay in custody pending switch to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be decided within the close to future.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kimberly Leo and Sherin Daniel are prosecuting the case.
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HSI is the principal investigative arm of the U.S. Division of Homeland Safety (DHS), chargeable for investigating transnational crime and threats, particularly these felony organizations that exploit the worldwide infrastructure by means of which worldwide commerce, journey, and finance transfer. HSI’s workforce of greater than 8,700 workers consists of greater than 6,000 particular brokers assigned to 237 cities all through the US, and 93 abroad areas in 56 nations. HSI’s worldwide presence represents DHS’s largest investigative regulation enforcement presence overseas and one of many largest worldwide footprints in U.S. regulation enforcement.