A Lafayette man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending obscene pictures to an undercover law enforcement agent posing as a 10-year-old boy, U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook said in a news release.
Kory Issac Wilson, 39, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patrick Hanna to one count of transportation of obscene material. The plea will become final when accepted by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell.
According to the guilty plea, Wilson began communicating with an undercover law enforcement agent on Oct. 12, 2016. The agent posed as a father who wanted help sexually exploiting a 10-year-old boy. Wilson then began communicating with a second undercover agent who posed as the 10-year-old boy. Wilson sent the second agent three sexually explicit pictures of himself via text message.
Wilson faces up to five years in prison, three of supervised release and up to a $250,000 fine. The court set the sentencing date for May 18.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Louisiana State Police conducted the investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys T. Forrest Phillips and John Luke Walker are prosecuting the case.
