US man gets 20 years for coercing teen girl online to send him illicit images

Law enforcement identified potentially 22 minor victims. The content included hundreds of videos and images and reflected minors around the country self-producing child sexual abuse material at Herbert’s instruction. — Image by freepik

A Billings man who admitted to coercing a minor girl in New York to make and send him sexually explicit images of herself was sentenced on Feb 15 to 20 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release.

Jeffrey Eugene Herbert, 35, pleaded guilty in March to production of child pornography and possession of child pornography. US District Judge Dana L. Christensen presided. The court also ordered restitution of US$842, said US Attorney Jesse Laslovich.