A 27-year-old man from Bryan, Texas, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for coercing and enticing minors and possessing child sexual abuse material. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
Reuben Waller Boyer pleaded guilty on September 23, 2025. U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal sentenced Boyer to concurrent terms of 14 years for coercion and enticement of minors and 10 years for possession of child pornography, resulting in a total sentence of 168 months.
In delivering the sentence, Judge Rosenthal stated that Boyer poses a danger to the community. Boyer must pay $3,000 in restitution to an identified victim and will be subject to five years of supervised release after his prison term ends. During this period, he will have restrictions on his access to children and the internet, and he is required to register as a sex offender.
The case began on February 19, 2021, when law enforcement identified Boyer as an online user sharing child sexual abuse material in a public KIK chat room. Investigators later found a MEGA link containing around 70 videos of such material.
Authorities also discovered communications between Boyer and a 14-year-old minor that detailed live child pornography created at Boyer's request.
A search warrant executed at Boyer's residence led law enforcement officers to seize electronic devices containing over 1,000 images and videos depicting sadistic sexual abuse of pre-pubescent minors.
Boyer will remain in custody until he is transferred to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility.
The FBI - Bryan Resident Agency conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Luis Batarse prosecuted the case.
"This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative the Department of Justice launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse," according to the press release. "U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section leads PSC, which marshals federal, state and local resources to locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children and identifies and rescues victims."
For more information about Project Safe Childhood or internet safety education resources visit DOJ’s PSC page through their official website.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas is part of the Department of Justice under the Attorney General (source). This office covers Houston along with offices in Galveston, Corpus Christi, Laredo, McAllen, and Brownsville (source). It employs more than 200 attorneys serving over nine million residents across 43 counties (source) while focusing on prosecuting federal crimes as well as handling civil cases for the government (source). Notable former leaders include Alamdar Hamdani (2022-2025) and Ryan Patrick (source).
