U.S. Attorney’s Office March
21, 2014 Western District of Texas
(210) 384-7100
Former Sabinal (Texas) Police
Officer Jason Lee Villasana will serve 15 years in federal prison, followed by
10 years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to distributing child
pornography announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau
of Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse, San Antonio
Division.
On August 21, 2013, Villasana,
age 36, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography.
According to court records, from May 2011 until November 15, 2012, Villasana
received, stored, and sent images and videos of minors engaged in sexually
explicit conduct. On November 15, 2012, FBI agents and investigators from the
Texas Attorney General’s Law Enforcement Division executed a search warrant at
the defendant’s residence and seized various electronic media belonging to the
defendant. A subsequent forensics examination of the seized items revealed the
presence of approximately 250 images, seven videos, and 64 thumbnail images of
child pornography.
Villasana has remained in
federal custody since his arrest on December 18, 2012. The sentence was handed
down yesterday afternoon in Del Rio by U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra.
This matter was investigated by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation together with the Texas Attorney General’s
Law Enforcement Division and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Assistant
United States Attorneys Meghan M. McCalla and Matthew Watters prosecuted this
case on behalf of the government.