United States of America v. Jessie Leroy Glass, Jr.

Statesville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession for child sexual abuse material.

In late 2019, April Glass reported to law enforcement that Glass had “a massive amount of child porn saved on his phone.” J.A. 409. She provided the email address and suspected password for Glass’s Google Photos account, wherein he reportedly kept much of the CSAM. April added that she was married to Glass but had moved out of the house, expressing fear of violent retaliation from him and his father if they learned about her report.

The Glass’s case went to trial, and the jury returned a guilty verdict on all counts.
The district court thereafter sentenced him to fifteen years’ imprisonment for each, to be served concurrently, and a lifetime of supervised release. It also imposed a $5,000 special assessment under 18 U.S.C. § 2259A and ordered Glass to pay $6,000 in restitution under 18 U.S.C. § 2259(b)(2).