Child Porn Sends Anne Arundel County Man To Prison: DOJ

PASADENA, MD — A Pasadena man was recently sentenced to federal prison in a child pornography case, prosecutors said.

U.S. District Judge George L. Russell. III sentenced Jacob Joseph Muir, 26, to seven years in prison for one count of receipt of child pornography, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.

The DOJ said Muir will have 30 years of probation after his release.

Prosecutors said Muir must register as a sex offender after his prison time, have no contact with children under 18 without permission and undergo computer monitoring.

Muir "pretended to be a teenage boy to entice minors to produce and send him sexually explicit photographs" on Instagram from July to August 2019, his plea agreement said.

"Muir used aliases to communicate with minors, directing and enticing them to send him sexually graphic images of themselves," investigators said.

This case was part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide DOJ initiative launched in 2006 to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. More information is posted at justice.gov/psc.