Crime & Safety
Delco Man Gets 20 Years For Having 22,000 Child Porn Pics, Vids
Ryan Davis, formerly of Glen Mills, had over 22,000 images and videos of child porn hidden on his electronic devices and in online accounts.
GLEN MILLS, PA — A Delaware County man was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a lifetime of supervision after being released after being convicted of possessing thousands of child porn images and videos.
Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams Friday said, Ryan Davis, 24, formerly of Glen Mills, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, a lifetime of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $15,000 restitution after a nearly 10-hour hearing.
Davis had more than 22,000 images and videos of child pornography that he concealed on his electronic devices and in his online accounts.
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In July 2019, Davis pleaded guilty to transporting and possessing a collection of more than 22,000 extremely graphic and sadistic images and videos of children being raped, sexually assaulted, and depicted in sexually explicit positions.
Most of the children depicted in his collection were prepubescent, and included infants and toddlers being sexually abused.
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An investigation into the defendant’s online Dropbox account revealed that the IP addresses used to access his child pornography were linked to various residences associated with the defendant, including his student account at West Chester University.
At the time he committed these child sex crimes, Davis was under court supervision and still serving his juvenile sentence for sexually assaulting two prepubescent boys who were just 6 and 9 years old when Davis assaulted them. He was also in sex offender treatment during the same time he committed these federal child sex crimes.
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