Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a grand jury has returned an indictment charging Ryan Elton Devore (30, Satsuma) with one count of transporting and two counts of possessing child pornography. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, up to 60 years, in federal prison.
According to the criminal complaint and information presented in court, on July 18, 2017, federal agents and local officers executed a search warrant at Devore’s residence in connection with a child exploitation investigation involving online users of a file sharing program. Agents recovered a custom-built computer tower and a cellphone that belonged to Devore. A preview of the devices revealed that they contained numerous depictions of child pornography. Shortly after, agents located videos of minor children engaged in sexually explicit conduct that had been arranged and maintained in several folders on the computer, at which time Devore was arrested.
This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney D. Rodney Brown.
It is another case brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
