New Orleans Man Guilty of Possessing Files Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of Children

NEW ORLEANS – Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that ERVIN DALVECCHIO COOPER, (“COOPER”) age 24, a resident of New Orleans, pled guilty on July 31, 2025 before United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon to possession of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children under the age of twelve years old, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 2252(a)(4)(B).

According to the court documents, in or around February 2022, Special Agents with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (“LBI”) received reports that an individual with a known username utilized a multimedia instant messaging application to upload multiple files depicting the sexual abuse of children. Subsequent investigation determined that the individual utilizing a known username was COOPER and that COOPER transmitted files depicting the sexual exploitation of children via the mobile application.  Law enforcement officials executed a search warrant at COOPER’S residence in May 2022 and seized several electronic items belonging to COOPER. A review of devices seized during the search warrant, including a cell phone and computer, revealed at least 1,005 images and videos depicting the sexual victimization of children.  Some of the child victims were less than approximately two (2) years old at the time the child sexual abuse material was created.  Among the files COOPER searched for, downloaded, and stored, were some portraying “sadistic or masochistic conduct or other depictions of violence.”

COOPER faces a maximum term of imprisonment of twenty (20) years.  COOPER also faces at least five (5) years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, up to a $250,000 fine and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee. COOPER may also be required to register as a sex offender.  Sentencing before Judge Fallon has been scheduled for October 30, 2025.