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Date: 06-23-2022
Case Style:
United States of America v. Dustin Patrick Wyble and Katie-Sue Fory Walz
Case Number: 6:20-cr-00203-RRS-CBW
Judge: Robert R Summerhays
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Lafayette Parish)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Lafayette, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with production and distribution of child pornography.
Dustin Patrick Wyble, 37, of Sunset, Louisiana, was began communicating through the internet chat application, KIK, with an undercover agent in February 2020. During these chats, Wyble provided images of a prepubescent child exposing their private parts in the image. Through their investigative efforts, law enforcement agents were able to determine where Wyble lived and went to his residence to speak with him. Wyble eventually admitted to using KIK in order to send images of child pornography to other users. A search warrant was obtained for Wyble’s residence and agents seized several electronic devices that Wyble admitted were used to send images through the KIK application. A forensic examination of the devices revealed that Wyble used the devices to store numerous child pornographic images and used his KIK account to administer group chats to share child pornographic images among the group’s users. The investigation also revealed that Wyble and Walz produced some of the images recovered.
The case was investigated by the FBI, the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office, St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office, Department of Homeland Security Investigations, and Louisiana State Police, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Myers P. Namie and Robert C. Abendroth.
ACTIVITIES RE MATERIAL CONSTITUTING/CONTAINING CHILD PORNO - Distribution of Child Pornography
(1)
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - Production of Child Pornography
(2)
ACTIVITIES RE MATERIAL CONSTITUTING/CONTAINING CHILD PORNO - Distribution of Child Pornography
(4-5)
ACTIVITIES RE MATERIAL CONSTITUTING/CONTAINING CHILD PORNO - Possession of Child Pornography
(6)
Outcome: 05/11/2022 102 MINUTE ENTRY as to Dustin Patrick Wyble (1): Sentencing reset for 6/23/2022 10:30 AM in Lafayette, Courtroom 3 before Judge Robert R Summerhays. Issued by Judge Robert R Summerhays on 5/11/2022. (crt,Taylor, L) (Entered: 05/11/2022)
Defendant Wyble was sentenced to 240 months (20 years) in prison and Walz to 96 months in prison.
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