Lyon County Man Sentenced to Over Four Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Child Pornography

Paducah, Ky. – A Lyon County, Kentucky, man was sentenced yesterday to 4 years and 3 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography. 

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Rana Saoud of Homeland Security Investigations Nashville and Lyon County Sheriff Brent White made the announcement.

According to the court documents, Taylor Glass, 34, of Kuttawa, Kentucky, was sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for possessing child pornography. Glass was also ordered to pay $41,000 in restitution to multiple victims in the case. 

There is no parole in the federal system. 

This case was investigated by the United States Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office. 

Assistant United States Attorney Leigh Ann Dycus, of the U.S. Attorney’s Paducah Branch Office, 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 www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab “resources.”

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