United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Winner, South Dakota, man convicted of Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on March 22, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
Clayton Spotted Calf, age 27, was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Spotted Calf was ordered to pay a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100 and to pay $54,000 in restitution.
Spotted Calf was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 9, 2021. He pled guilty on Nov. 22, 2021.
Between December 2020 and February 2021, Spotted Calf searched for and downloaded child pornography via the internet. He saved multiple images and videos of child pornography to his Google account and to two cellular phones. Law enforcement began investigating Spotted Calf in January 2021, based on a CyberTip received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which indicated Spotted Calf was storing child pornography in his Google account. In February 2021, Spotted Calf was contacted by law enforcement agents with the South Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. Spotted Calf admitted to intentionally searching for child pornography and storing it in his Google account and on his cellular phones, which were seized. A forensic examination of Spotted Calf’s Google account and his devices revealed thousands of images and videos of child pornography. Spotted Calf will forfeit ownership of the cellular phones to the United States. He will also be required as a sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender and Registration and Notification Act.
This case was investigated by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk Albertson prosecuted the case.
Spotted Calf was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
