Habitual Offender in Louisiana Found Guilty and Ordered to Serve a Total of 64 Years in Prison

Lake Charles, Louisiana – A habitual offender in Louisiana was found guilty and has been ordered to serve a total of 64 years in prison.

On July 19th, Travis Shane Ryan, 47, of Lake Charles was sentenced by Judge Robert Wyatt as a third or subsequent habitual offender. The charges against him include three counts of Pornography Involving a Juvenile Under 13, one count of Computer Aided Solicitation of a Minor, one count of Possession of CDS II, and two counts of Pornography Involving a Juvenile.

Ryan received a sentence of 60 years in prison at hard labor for each of the three counts of Pornography Involving a Juvenile Under 13, 10 years in prison at hard labor for the count of Computer Aided Solicitation of a Minor, 4 years in prison at hard labor for the count of Possession of CDS II, and 20 years in prison for each of the two counts of Pornography Involving a Juvenile.

The court ruled that the defendant would not be eligible for probation, parole, or suspension of sentence for all of the charges involving juveniles and that they would be served concurrently. In addition, the defendant was ordered to serve the Possession of CDS II sentence consecutively. The defendant was ultimately sentenced to a total of 64 years in prison for these crimes.