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35-Year-Old Louisiana Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Child Pornography Involving Mulitple Victims

Baton Rouge, Louisiana – A 35-year-old Louisiana man has been sentenced to twenty years in prison for child pornography involving multiple victims.

On Tuesday, March 7, 2023, United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. District Court Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Jesse J. Allen, age 35, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana to 240 months (20 years) in federal prison following his conviction for receipt of child pornography.

After finishing his sentence, Allen must spend 10 years of federal supervised release, during which he is barred from contacting anybody under the age of 18, and he must undergo sex offender treatment. Allen was also ordered to pay $51,000 in restitution by the Court. Allen will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life as a result of this conviction.

According to admissions made during his guilty plea, Allen used cellular phones and the internet to seek out and acquire a variety of photographs and videos of child pornography involving a number of different victims.

United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. stated, “Protecting our children and prosecuting those who exploit them continues to be a priority for my office. Searching for and obtaining images of child pornography feeds the demand for child exploitation and re-victimizes those children who suffered through the abuse. If basic human decency will not deter this conduct, we hope that sever prison sentences will.”

“This sentencing reinforces our mission to protect innocent children from child predators by utilizing the justice system,” said Douglas A. Williams, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of FBI New Orleans. “We thank our partners at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District for their dedication to the pursuit of justice in this case.”

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Louisiana State Police investigated the case, and it was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Jamie Flowers Jr., who now serves as Chief of the Criminal Division, and Colin Clark.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide campaign launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to tackle the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Project Safe Childhood, led by US Attorneys’ Offices and CEOs, marshals federal, state, and local resources to better detect, capture, and punish persons who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims. To learn more about Project Safe Childhood, go to http://www.justice.gov/psc.

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