Baltimore Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Using the Internet to Entice a Minor to Engage in Sexually Explicit Conduct

BALTIMORE, MD—U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Jamie Paul Lybrand, age 25, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for using the Internet to entice a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct. Judge Quarles also ordered that upon his release from prison, Lybrand must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Richard A. McFeely of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Special Agent in Charge William Winter of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Homeland Security Investigations; Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger; and Chief James W. Johnson of the Baltimore County Police Department.

According to Lybrand’s plea agreement, on February 25 and March 4, 2010, an undercover Baltimore County Police detective responded to two separate sex-related ads on a website titled “Seeking Daddy/Son Combo...” and “Seeking Real Daddy/Son Combo.” Lybrand admitted that he placed both ads and that he called and exchanged e-mails with what he thought was the father of a 12-year-old boy. In the e-mails, Lybrand discussed meeting with the father and son in order for Lybrand to engage in sexually explicit conduct with the “son.” In addition, Lybrand sent images of child pornography depicting children engaging in sexually explicit conduct with adult male(s) to the undercover detective.

On March 16, 2010, Lybrand arranged a meeting at a hotel in Baltimore County with what he thought was the father of a 12-year-old boy. Lybrand went to the meeting place. The detective, still in an undercover capacity, informed Lybrand that the 12-year-old child was in the bathroom. Lybrand removed his clothing and lay in the bed in the hotel room. A few minutes later, members of the Baltimore County Police Department entered the room and arrested Lybrand.

This case was brought 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. Details about Maryland’s program are available at www.justice.gov/usao/md/Safe-Childhood/index.html.

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein commended the Baltimore County Police Department, the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office for their work in the investigation and prosecution. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kristi N. O’Malley and Bonnie S. Greenberg, who prosecuted the case.