Sutter County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thomas Davis, 40, of Yuba City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dena M. Coggins to 15 years in prison for receipt of child sexual abuse material, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.

According to court documents, between May 2023 and January 2024, Davis used the BitTorrent network to download child pornography. During this period Davis built a collection of more than 400 videos and 200 images containing child sexual abuse material, including some which depicted the sexual abuse of toddlers.

This case was the product of an investigation by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, the Yuba City Police Department, and the California Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force. Assistant United States Attorney Charles Campbell is prosecuted the case.

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 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and 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. Learn more at Justice.gov/PSC.