ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - John Henry Bevel Jr., 44, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, was sentenced on Dec. 12 in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico to 25 years (300 months) in prison on child pornography charges. Bevel was also ordered to pay $25,000.00 in restitution to one of the victims of his crime.
Bevel pleaded guilty to advertising visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, distribution of child pornography, receipt of child pornography, and possession of child pornography.
In Bevel’s plea agreement, he admitted using a messaging application on his cell phone between Oct. 17, 2017, and Oct. 18, 2017, to communicate with another person about receiving and exchanging videos and photographs of minors engaged in sexual activity. Bevel also admitted sending child pornography over a messaging application on Sept. 25, 2017. Bevel also admitted possessing child pornography in an online storage account on Sept. 24, 2017. Bevel previously lived in Albuquerque.
Homeland Security Investigations investigated this case with the assistance of the Las Cruces Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marisa A. Ong of the Las Cruces Branch Office prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
