Judge sentences MS Coast Navy veteran who downloaded sexually explicit images of minors
Sun HeraldMar 07, 2024
Mar. 6—A former physical therapy assistant in the
After his arrest,
Landry, 51, of
Instead, Jones said, Landry had downloaded sexually explicit images and footage of children 12 and under over three months ending in
In addition to the prison term, Judge
When he sentenced Landry Wednesday in federal court in
In exchange for his guilty plea, federal prosecutors dismissed two other charges, one for receipt of child pornography and the other for possession of child pornography.
During his plea hearing, Gilbert told a judge he had suffered from depression most of his life. He said he downloaded the images to a laptop computer he kept under his bed at his
Landry has been in custody since he pleaded guilty to the federal offense.
After his earlier plea,
The judge made that decision after a federal probation officer pointed out that Gilbert had been previously arrested in
According to the indictment in the state's case, Gilbert is awaiting trial on a charge of photographing, taping, or filming a woman while she was undressed and without her knowledge. The indictment says that the alleged crime occurred on
Assistant federal public defender
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