BATON ROUGE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

Jonathan Isaac Gibbs, age 26, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge John W. deGravelles to receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kurt L. Wall. According to admissions made as part of his guilty plea, on August 10, 2024, Gibbs’ manager at the store where he was employed made a report to Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) regarding Gibbs recording an “up the skirt” video of a minor in the store. Subsequently, BRPD issued an arrest warrant for Gibbs, and he was arrested for one count of video voyeurism and one count of indecent behavior with juveniles. The matter was also referred to Louisiana State Police. Law enforcement obtained lawful search warrants for several of Gibbs’ electronic devices and executed them. On his cellphone, a Russian website associated with child pornography was located. Law enforcement also located 20 “upskirt” images of minors on the cellphone. On Gibbs’ laptop, law enforcement found three images of child sexual abuse material on a hard drive. Gibbs’ conviction is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than twenty years, a fine of $250,000, or both. Also, Gibbs faces up to a lifetime of supervised release and will be subject to sex offender registration requirements. U.S. Attorney Kurt L. Wall praised the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baton Rouge Police Department, and Louisiana State Police. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeremy S. Johnson led the prosecution. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc .