Indiana Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Child Exploitation Offenses

Bowling Green, KY – An Indiana man was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in federal prison for online enticement, attempted sexual exploitation of a child, and receipt of child sexual abuse material.

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Rana Saoud of Homeland Security Investigations Nashville, and Sheriff Tyler DeArmond of the Christian County Sheriff’s Office made the announcement.

According to court documents, Jason Webster, 30, of Lafayette, Indiana, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for one count each of online enticement of a minor, attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, and receipt of child sexual abuse material.

There is no parole in the federal system.   

This case was investigated by the HSI Bowling Green Field Office and the Christian County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana, the HSI Hammond, Indiana, Field Office, the HSI Indianapolis, Indiana, Field Office, and the Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Sheriff’s Office.

Assistant U.S. 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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