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Ryan Davis, 24, formerly of Glen Mills, (Delaware County) pleaded guilty in July 2019 to transporting and possessing "sadistic" pornography that depicted prepubescent children and included infants and toddlers being sexually abused, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams.
An investigation into Davis' online Dropbox account revealed that the IP addresses used to access the child pornography were linked to various addresses associated with his name, including his student account at West Chester University, Williams said.
While Davis was in possession of the child pornography, he was also under court supervision and still serving his juvenile sentence for sexually assaulting two prepubescent boys who were just 6 and 9-years old at the time of the abuse, Williams noted.
Davis was also simultaneously in sex offender treatment in accordance with his previous sexual abuse sentence, Williams said.
“Child pornography offenses victimize real children – they are first abused by those who produce these images, and re-victimized every time a child sex offender engages in these online crimes,” Williams said.
“Davis is very clearly a danger to children in the community as a previously adjudicated child sex offender, and he will now spend years behind bars to ensure he can no longer hurt any more children. Investigating and prosecuting these cases are a priority for our Office, as is ensuring that the offenders are held fully accountable.”
“Ryan Davis admitted to amassing many thousands of images of babies, toddlers, and children suffering horrific sexual abuse, and doing so while in treatment for sexually abusing two children himself,” Michael J. Driscoll, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division said.
“Those photos and videos represent unimaginable pain forced upon utterly vulnerable victims, some too young to walk or talk. Know that the FBI will never stop looking for, and locking up, those involved in the sexual exploitation of children.”
Davis 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 by United States District Judge Gerald Pappert.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michelle Rotella.
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