Sex Offender Sentenced To 87 Months For Second Child Pornography Conviction

MOBILE, AL – Larry Dale Barlow, 30, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for one count of Possession of Child Pornography. Barlow entered a guilty plea to this offense on April 19, 2023. 

According to court documents filed in connection with his guilty plea, in December 2012 Barlow was convicted in federal court in Mobile of receipt and distribution of child pornography. Barlow was sentenced on May 20, 2013 in that case to 120 months in prison and a lifetime term of supervised release.  

On March 7, 2022, Barlow’s probation officer conducted a home visit at Barlow’s residence in Mobile. The probation officer located a cell phone, which Barlow was not permitted to possess. The phone was seized by probation officer. Barlow was interviewed and admitted to receiving and viewing videos of child pornography. The phone was examined and found to contain 171 images and 113 videos of child pornography. Images included depictions of prepubescent children.

Senior United States District Judge Callie V.S. Granade imposed an 87-month sentence of incarceration and a 10-year term of supervised release upon his discharge from prison. Senior Judge Granade further ordered that Barlow pay $100 in a special assessment and $3,000 in restitution. Barlow will be required to register as a sex offender when he is released from prison and is to have no contact with minors.

The United States Probation Office and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney Kacey Chappelear prosecuted the case.

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 the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc. For more information about Internet safety education, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc/publications-resources