(Billings) A Billings man was sentenced to four years and three months in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, for conviction of a child pornography crime after he and another individual were arrested when they arrived at a park to meet a fictitious teenage boy.
In court documents, the government alleged that on July 14, 2022, in Billings, an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a 13-year-old boy received a message on a social media platform from the individuals co-defendant.
The communications led to setting up a meeting in a park on July 15, 2022. Officers arrested both when they arrived
The man, aged 40, pleaded guilty in May to possession of child pornography.
U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters presided.
