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Date: 04-10-2017

Case Style: United States of America v. Brian Casper and Taylor Keeth

Case Number: 6:15-cr-00061-RC-KNM

Judge: Ron Clark

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Smith County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Nathaniel C. Kummerfeld, Erin O'Leary and Kristin Bryant

Defendant's Attorney: Douglas Lowe for Brian Casper


Austin Jackson to Taylor Keeth


Craig Bass for Crystal Beam

Description: Tyler, TX - Two Sentenced for Conspiring to Sexually Exploit Children

A man and woman were sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas.

Brian Casper, 27, of Tyler, Texas pleaded guilty on Nov. 1, 2016, to conspiracy to sexually exploit children and was sentenced to 336 months in federal prison. Casper will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from federal prison.

Taylor Keeth, 22, of Indianola, Iowa, pleaded guilty on Dec. 7, 2016, to conspiracy to sexually exploit children and was sentenced to 282 months in federal prison. She will also be required to register as a sex offender upon her release from federal prison.

According to information presented in court, between November 2014 and August 2015, Casper, knowingly conspired and agreed with Keeth, Crystal Beam, 35, of Medford, Oregon, and Lacy Brooks, 31, of Searcy, Arkansas, to use minor children to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing visual depictions and transmitting live visual depictions of such conduct.

Crystal Beam pleaded guilty on Nov. 14, 2016, to conspiracy to sexually exploit children. Lacy Brooks, 31, of Searcy, Arkansas, pleaded guilty on Jan. 10, 2017 in the Eastern District of Arkansas, to production of child pornography and distribution of child pornography.



This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov. (link is external)

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Tyler Police Department, Port of Galveston Police Department, White County (Arkansas) Sheriff's Office, Indianola (Iowa) Police Department, and the Medford (Oregon) Police Department.

Outcome: Casper was sentenced to 336 months in prison and Keeth to 282 months in prison. They will both be required to register as sex offenders upon release.

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