A registered sex offender from Missouri, Jayson Lance Luther, has been sentenced to over 19 years in federal prison. The sentence was announced by Reagan Fondren, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. The case involved Luther, aged 32, who met a minor at a holiday event in Dyersburg, Tennessee, in December 2022. Following their meeting, Luther and the minor exchanged phone numbers and began an ongoing text exchange. By January 2023, the minor’s parent discovered the communication and alerted authorities.
Investigators found over 1,200 pages of text messages between Luther and the minor, many of which were sexually explicit. Luther pled guilty on August 13, 2024, to the charge of knowingly enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity, a charge that carries serious consequences under federal law. United States District Court Judge S. Thomas Anderson sentenced Luther to 235 months of imprisonment, with an additional 10 years of supervised release following his incarceration. The federal system does not offer parole.
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Acting United States Attorney Fondren emphasized the importance of protecting vulnerable citizens and noted that the sentence reflects the severity of the crime. Danny H. Goodman, Jr., District Attorney General for the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District of Tennessee, highlighted the collaboration between local and federal authorities, which was instrumental in bringing Luther to justice. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Hays prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Dyersburg Police Department.
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