Registered Sex Offender Receives Three Years for Child Sexual Abuse Images

SEATTLE — A 55-year-old Marysville man who is a registered sex offender was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle for possession of images of child sexual abuse.

The defendant, identified in the Justice Department release as a previously convicted sex offender, must serve the full term of imprisonment followed by a period of supervised release. Federal sentencing guidelines for possession of child sexual abuse material by a repeat offender mandate enhanced penalties that include both incarceration and long-term monitoring.

The sentence changes the defendant's status from pretrial or presentence release to immediate federal custody. He will begin serving the term immediately, with a projected release date in 2029 assuming standard good-time credit. Upon release he will face additional restrictions under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, including updated public registry listings and limits on residence, employment, and internet use.

Downstream, the Bureau of Prisons must designate a facility and initiate the defendant's intake processing. The U.S. Probation Office for the Western District of Washington will prepare a supervised-release plan that includes mandatory treatment programs, polygraph monitoring, and device-forensic checks.

The case also requires the U.S. Marshals Service to update the national sex-offender database within 72 hours of sentencing. These steps activate standard inter-agency data-sharing protocols between the Justice Department, state law enforcement in Washington, and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children for ongoing image hash matching.

This sentencing follows the standard enforcement sequence for federal possession cases under 18 U.S.C. § 2252. The Justice Department has pursued similar prosecutions against registered offenders in the Western District of Washington throughout the past decade, each time triggering the same post-sentencing registration and supervision requirements established by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.

The department's May 13, 2026, press release provides the sole public account of the sentence length, the defendant's age and location, and the exact offense of conviction.