Ceres Sex Offender Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography

FRESNO, CA—United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Chief United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced Kenyon Graham Reynolds, 46, of Ceres, today to 25 years in prison for receiving child pornography. The prison sentence will be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, during which time Reynolds will be required to register as a sex offender and his access to computers, minors, and the Internet will be restricted. He was ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution to each of two victims.

This case is the result of an investigation by the Ceres Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney David Gappa prosecuted the case.

According to court documents, Reynolds downloaded images of child pornography from the Internet between January and September 2007, in Stanislaus County. He had a previous conviction in April 2002, of a misdemeanor offense of possession of child pornography in Ventura County Superior Court. At the time of his indictment, Reynolds was serving a state prison sentence for committing a lewd act with a minor under age 14. He has been detained in federal custody since January 29, 2010, as flight risk and danger to the community.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood (PSC), a nationwide initiative by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, PSC mobilizes federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information, visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov or call the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California and ask to speak with the PSC coordinator.