United States Attorney James T. Jacks
Northern District of Texas

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txn/

SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, MAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 27 YEARS
IN FEDERAL PRISON, WITHOUT PAROLE,
ON CHILD PORN AND CHILD OBSCENITY CONVICTIONS

SAN ANGELO, Texas — Kerry Wayne Lakey, 51, of San Angelo, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 327 months in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Lakey pleaded guilty in September 2009, on the morning his federal trial was to begin, to a 19-count indictment charging various child obscenity and child pornography offenses. Lakey must also register as a sex offender.

Specifically, Lakey pleaded guilty to: two counts of distribution of child obscenity; eight counts of receipt of child obscenity; three counts of possession of child obscenity; one count of transportation of child pornography; four counts of receipt of child pornography; and one count of possession of child pornography.

According to documents filed with his guilty plea, Lakey admitted that from early December 2007 through April 9, 2008, he intentionally and knowingly collected, possessed, distributed, transported and received the images of child pornography and child obscenity, as outlined in the indictment.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. 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 FBI, with assistance from the San Angelo Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Steven M. Sucsy and Amy Burch of the Lubbock, Texas, U.S. Attorney's Office were in charge of the prosecution.

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