A Nettleton man will spend more than 13 years in prison for possessing child pornography.
Court documents show that 49-year-old Clyde Lee Hall was originally charged with failure to register as a sex offender in the Northern District of Mississippi after leaving the Dismas Charities Residential Reentry Center while on federal supervised release.
A subsequent cyber tip to law enforcement revealed that Hall had been transporting and viewing child pornography on his mobile device following his release from prison. Hall had over 180 videos stored in his Google account, many of which portrayed the sexual abuse of victims under the age of 12.
On Wednesday, Chief U.S. District Judge Debra M. Brown sentenced Hall to 162 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release. Hall’s prior child pornography conviction enhanced the penalties available to the court.
“The U.S. Attorney’s Office will do everything possible to see that criminals who victimize children or who take pleasure in watching children being victimized are held accountable for their abhorrent crimes,” U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner said. “We applaud the work by the United States Marshals Service and the FBI in helping to bring this offender to justice and hope that this sentence will serve as a deterrent to others who would consider transporting or viewing child pornography.”
The United States Marshals Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Parker S. King prosecuted the case.
