A Springfield man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. Dusty Jacaway, 29, received a 250-month sentence after being found guilty of creating explicit videos involving a minor.
According to court documents, Jacaway was discovered by Lane County Sheriff’s Office deputies in October 2024 in a vehicle with a 13-year-old child referred to as MV1. Officers secured cell phones belonging to both Jacaway and the child. Analysis of these devices uncovered two videos showing Jacaway engaging in sexual intercourse with MV1 in his car.
A forensic interview with MV1 revealed that Jacaway met the child online when they were 12 years old and began having sexual contact soon after. Investigators learned that Jacaway provided methamphetamine to MV1 and regularly took the child to a local pornography shop. There, he accepted money and drugs from men who were allowed to sexually abuse MV1. He kept the proceeds and threatened to kill MV1 if he was ever arrested.
Jacaway will be subject to lifetime supervised release following his prison term and must pay $3,000 in restitution to the victim.
The investigation was conducted by the Lane County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI. Adam Delph, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, prosecuted the case.
"Federal law defines child pornography as any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a minor. It is important to remember child sexual abuse material depicts actual crimes being committed against children. Not only do these images and videos document the victims’ exploitation and abuse, but when shared across the internet, re-victimize and re-traumatize the child victims each time their abuse is viewed," according to information provided by authorities.
This prosecution falls under Project Safe Childhood, an initiative started by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at addressing child sexual exploitation and abuse nationwide. More details about Project Safe Childhood can be found at www.justice.gov/psc. Additional resources on protecting children are available from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at www.missingkids.org.
