James T. Jacks
Acting United States Attorney
Northern District of Texas

ABILENE, TEXAS, MAN SENTENCED TO 108 MONTHS
ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CONVICTION

LUBBOCK, Texas — U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings sentenced Danny Randell Lott, 46, of Abilene, Texas, to 108 months in prison, following Lott’s guilty plea in April to one count of interstate receipt of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. In addition, Judge Cummings ordered that Lott serve a life term of supervised release and register as a sex offender.

On September 17, 2008, Lott was indicted in this case on four counts of receipt of child pornography, one count of receipt of child obscenity, and one count of possession of child pornography. His initial appearance was scheduled for October 17, 2008, in Abilene, Texas, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Philip R. Lane. Lott, however, failed to appear at the hearing. Lott was apprehended in Lewisville, Texas in late November 2008, by U.S. Deputy Marshals. He had been living there under an assumed identity. Lott had obtained identifying information belonging to another person and used his name, date of birth, driver's license number, and social security number without consent.

In 2006 and 2007, Lott used at least two of his computers in Abilene to access the Internet to receive and view images and videos depicting minor females engaged in sexually explicit conduct. He also ordered subscriptions to Web sites that provided images and videos of child pornography.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov

The case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and the U.S. Marshals Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven M. Sucsy of the Lubbock, Texas, U.S. Attorney's Office prosecuted the case.

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