BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas - A 44-year-old South Texas man has been sentenced to 70 years in federal prison after multiple convictions involving child sexual abuse material (CSAM), coercion and enticement of minors and being a registered sex offender while committing the crimes.

Brian Jones, of Manvel, TX, pleaded guilty on March 12 to two counts each of sexual exploitation of a child, coercion and enticement of a minor, penalties for registered sex offenders, and one count of possession of CSAM.

The Investigation

The backstory:

According to the U.S. District Attorney's Office, 24 cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children started the investigation in 2023.

An individual, later identified as Jones, had uploaded more than 1,000 CSAM files from April 5–May 8,

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