BOISE – Conrad James Hull, 30, was sentenced to 292 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a child, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. Senior U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Hull to serve 25 years of supervised release following his prison sentence. As a result of his conviction, Hull will be required to register as a sex offender. Hull pleaded guilty to the charges on June 28, 2021.
According to court records, in October 2020, the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force received a Cybertip from Kik Messenger. According to the Cybertip, child pornography had been uploaded to a Kik account that was later identified as belonging to Hull.
A state magistrate judge issued a search warrant for Hull’s residence in Caldwell. Law enforcement executed the search warrant and seized a cellphone belonging to Hull. A forensic examination of the cellphone revealed several files of child pornography, including files depicting a 5-year-old child and a 7-year-old child that Hull admitted producing. Hull told law enforcement that he used his cellphone to take explicit images of the two children so that he would have more files to trade on Kik. Hull admitted to distributing the images of the two children to obtain additional files of child pornography.
Acting U.S. Attorney Gonzalez commended the cooperative efforts of the ICAC Task Force, Caldwell Police Department, and the Canyon County Prosecutor’s Office, which led to charges.
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