SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for possessing child pornography.
Ronald Wilson, 54, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. on one count of possession of child pornography. He was also sentenced to five years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender. According to the April 14, 2016 guilty plea, law enforcement officers searched the Wilson’s Shreveport residence in March of 2015. Officers found 19 videos of child pornography stored on several electronic devices in his bedroom.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a U.S. Department of Justice nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) also encourage the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at (866) 347-2423. Investigators are available at all hours to answer hotline calls. Tips or other information can also be submitted to ICE online by visiting their website at www.ice.gov/exec/forms/hsi-tips/tips.asp or through the Operation Predator smartphone application www.ice.gov/predator/smartphone-app. Tips may be submitted anonymously.
Homeland Security Investigations, Louisiana State Attorney General’s Office and Louisiana State Police conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Earl M. Campbell prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
