SAN FRANCISCO - A 27-year-old San Bruno man was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for the distribution and receipt of child pornography, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston, in San Francisco.
James Calvert pleaded guilty to the charges on Aug. 14. According to the plea agreement, Calvert admitted that he posted a video, in May 2019, that depicted a prepubescent minor female performing oral sex on an adult male and a video of a prepubescent minor being raped by an adult male in the "Babyprn" group chat-room of Kik, an instant messaging application used on mobile telephones.
Calvert also admitted in the plea agreement that in December 2019, he encouraged a 15-year-old girl to perform a sex act on camera and to send him a video of her performing that sex act to his Kik account. Calvert admitted that he knew the victim was a minor when he encouraged her to send the video.
The government pointed out in additional filed papers that Calvert engaged in the December 2019 conduct after he had been charged with the May 2019 offense and had been released under supervision.
In addition to the prison term, Illston ordered Calvert to serve a lifetime term of supervised release, to begin after the prison term ends. The defendant, who has been in custody since February of 2020, is presently serving his sentence.