OAKLAND - Michael Anthony LeBoeuf was sentenced to 97 months in prison for receipt and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) San Francisco Special Agent in Charge Tatum King. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. Phyllis J. Hamilton, U.S. District Judge.
LeBoeuf, 38, of San Francisco, pleaded guilty to the charges on September 4, 2019. According to the plea agreement, LeBoeuf admitted that he communicated with two minor victims via text messaging. He knew the minors were 16 and 17 years of age. LeBoeuf admitted that in 2012 he asked the 17-year-old minor to send photos of himself in the nude including photos showing the minor’s genitals. The minor sent at least two nude photos to LeBoeuf, at LeBoeuf’s request, via text communication. LeBoeuf also admitted that he invited the minor to his San Francisco residence. The minor traveled from Marin County to meet LeBoeuf at his San Francisco residence where the two had sexual intercourse.
Similarly, LeBoeuf admitted that in 2013 he asked the 16-year-old minor to send photos of himself in the nude including photos showing the minor’s genitals. The minor sent at least two nude photos to LeBoeuf via text communication. LeBoeuf admitted that he invited the minor to his San Francisco residence and that the minor traveled from Oakland to San Francisco where the two had sexual intercourse in LeBoeuf’s residence. After the minor departed, LeBoeuf sent a text message asking if the minor had friends his age or younger that LeBoeuf could meet.
Federal law enforcement agents executed a search warrant at LeBoeuf’s apartment on May 3, 2018. In the apartment, the agents located several of LeBoeuf’s computers and electronic devices on which were more than 75 sexually explicit images of children that constituted child pornography as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2256(8), including photographs and videos of the two minors described above.
A federal grand jury indicted LeBoeuf on May 2, 2019, charging him with to two counts of receipt of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252(a)(2) and (b)(1), and one count of possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252(a)(4)(B) and (b)(2). LeBoeuf pleaded guilty to all three counts.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Hamilton also ordered the defendant to serve a 10-year period of supervised release. The defendant was remanded into custody immediately upon sentencing. In addition, Judge Hamilton scheduled a hearing for Feb. 20, 2020, at 1:30 p.m., in Oakland, to determine issues regarding restitution.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan U. Lee is prosecuting the case with the assistance of Jessica Rodriguez Gonzalez and Kathleen Turner. The prosecution is the result of an investigation by HSI.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
