Devin Terrance Pickler, a 40-year-old resident of Moscow, Idaho, was sentenced on May 11 to 210 months in federal prison for receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
The case highlights ongoing efforts by law enforcement to address crimes involving child sexual exploitation and abuse. The investigation began after authorities received a CyberTip in the summer of 2024 about a social media account suspected of possessing child sexual abuse material. Law enforcement traced the account to Pickler and found that he had uploaded hundreds of illicit files to online groups and posted messages expressing intent to commit offenses against children.
Court records show that Pickler described visiting a street market looking for young children but being unable to act due to parental supervision. Investigators later found several covertly taken photographs of children at the market saved in his personal online storage account. In early 2025, officers executed a federal search warrant at Pickler’s home in Moscow and seized electronic devices containing illegal material, as well as multiple ceramic figurines depicting children in erotic poses and a child-sized sex doll.
United States District Judge David C. Nye ordered lifetime supervised release for Pickler following his prison term and required him to register as a sex offender because of this conviction. Davis said he commended the work of local police departments, regional SWAT teams, prosecutors’ offices, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that led to these charges.
The prosecution was part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at combating child sexual exploitation through coordinated federal, state, and local resources. More information about Project Safe Childhood is available at www.justice.gov/psc.
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho focuses on enforcing federal laws through prosecutions and civil litigation across all regions within Idaho; it employs about 60 staff members including attorneys and administrative personnel according to the official website.
