<p>A Franklin man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after police discovered tens of thousands of photos and videos of child pornography on devices taken from his home, and found that he had shared large amounts of it for more than a decade.</p><p>U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker sentenced Gary Ryan Dismore, 42, to 15 years in federal prison on Friday. Dismore pleaded guilty to charges of advertising, distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana.</p><p>He was also sentenced to a decade of supervised release following his prison sentence, the news release said.</p><p>“Individuals who choose to sexually exploit and prey on innocent children will be prosecuted to the full extent under federal law,” said Josh Minkler, United States Attorney. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to safeguarding children against child predators, like Dismore.”</p><p>Indiana State Police began investigating in November of 2017 after they received a Cyber Tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that someone had uploaded 157 videos that featured child pornography to a Dropbox account, the news release said.</p><p>Dropbox provided a USB Drive, which contained child pornography files. The email address associated with the Dropbox account was later linked to Dismore, the news release said.</p><p>In July 2018, police searched a cell phone, three thumb drives, three laptops and a digital video and music device. Forensic examiners found two videos and 100 pictures of child pornography, including images of toddlers, on a thumb drive, 200 images of child pornography, including images or videos depicting acts of bondage and victims as young as toddler age on a second thumb drive, according to the news release.</p><p>Thirty child pornography videos were on the laptop and 70 child pornography images were on the iPod. The USB drive had 10,165 files and 172 folders, with most of the files containing child pornography. An additional 1,650 videos and images of mostly child pornography were found on Dismore’s phone, the news release said.</p><p>Dismore was also an owner, administrator and member of several private chat groups, using a popular online application, according to the news release. Dismore’s chat groups were dedicated to the trafficking of child pornography and related discussions. Police discovered that Dismore used his cell phone to exchange child pornography and to provide links to his Dropbox and Mega Cloud storage accounts that linked to the child pornography, the news release said.</p><p>Dismore tailored links to his child pornography collections based on each group member’s specific sexual interest. Dismore had been sharing his large volumes of child pornography since at least 2007, the news release said.</p><p>“The message here is clear — you may think sitting behind a computer in your home will provide anonymity and heinous activity such as this won’t be detected — but the FBI and our law enforcement partners will use every technique and tool at our disposal to identify you and put a stop to this deplorable activity,” said Grant Mendenhall, special agent in charge for the FBI Indianapolis.</p><p>“Protecting the most innocent of Hoosier victims — our children — is a top priority, and you will be held accountable.”</p>
