Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Ryan Elton Devore (31, Satsuma) has pleaded guilty to receiving child sexual abuse videos over the Internet. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
According to court documents, on July 18, 2017, federal agents and local officers executed a search warrant at Devore’s home in connection with an online child exploitation investigation. When the agents asked Devore if he had come across pornography involving children under the age of 12, he responded, “Well, yeah, I was gonna say, I know, I, I probably have before, yeah.” Forensic analyses of Devore’s custom-built computer tower and a cellphone revealed that the devices contained numerous depictions of child pornography, including at least 400 videos of children being sexually abused.
