Sulphur Man Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Time for Receipt of Child Pornography Charge

LAKE CHARLES, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that a Sulphur, Louisiana man was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. on child pornography charges.

Gabriel Lyons, 26, was sentenced to 150 months (12 years, 6 months) in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, on child pornography charges. According to information introduced in court, in July 2022, Lyons was communicating with a 15-year-old minor female and began asking her for sexually explicit images and videos. Lyons would engage in “cybersexing” with the minor female. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a cyber tip in August 2022 and began an investigation into these activities.

Through their investigation, law enforcement agents determined that on July 4, 2022, Lyons received a video of the minor female over the internet. Law enforcement agents obtained a search warrant for the residence in which Lyons lived in the Lake Charles area. Lyons was present during the search and admitted to agents that he had been communicating with the minor female, knowing that she was 15 years of age, and in fact at the time of the search admitted that he was still communicating with her. Lyons was charged and pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography.

This case was investigated by Department of Homeland Security Investigations, Louisiana Bureau of Investigation and Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office, and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney J. Luke Walker.

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