GARDEN CITY, Idaho — Vincent Porter, 32, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after an anonymous tip led investigators to Porter's stash of pornographic content of a 10-year-old child.
U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit said in a news release Thursday that Porter was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Amanda K. Brailsford to 360 months (or 30 years) in federal prison for the sexual exploitation of a child.
The Garden City man had previously been convicted in Ada County on sexual battery charges of a minor, aged 16 or 17 at the time of victimization, the news release stated.
"The defendant in this case is a sex offender who was paroled from a state sentence only to begin victimizing a 10-year-old girl within a couple years," said U.S. Attorney Hurwit. "This case shows the effectiveness of federal prosecution as this defendant will now serve decades behind bars with no possibility of parole."
Court records indicate that an anonymous citizen reported "concerning videos on a cellphone Porter had been accessing" to the Garden City Police Department (GCPD).
The report stated that the videos show Porter setting up a camera and recording the 10-year-old victim.
After a search warrant for Porter's cloud storage, GCPD discovered two videos of the child, in which Porter was setting up a camera in the bathroom to record the victim undressing and showering.
Cell phone records, obtained via a separate search warrant, produced an additional explicit video Porter had recorded of the victim.
"The Garden City Police Department is happy to partner with the U.S. Attorney's Office to take predators like this off the street," said Garden City Police Chief Cory Stambaugh. "We appreciate the partnership in keeping our community safer. I applaud the hard work of the investigators and prosecutors on this case."
Judge Brailsford also sentenced Porter to a lifetime of supervised release following his 30 years served. Porter will be required to register as a sex offender as a result of the conviction.
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