30 Year Sentence for Child Trafficker on Promotion of Child Pornography
Jerry Castille, 37, of Houston, Texas, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, after pleading guilty to two second-degree felony charges of Promotion of Child Pornography.
Castille’s punishment range was enhanced by a prior prison trip.
The Honorable Judge Jacqueline Bello, sitting for Judge Hamilton, imposed the sentence.
There is a minimum mandatory service of 7.5 years before eligibility for parole and the imposition of a lifetime protective order for the victim.
Between May and July of 2019, Montgomery County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office Detective Jerry Serratt, while
monitoring a social media platform notorious for child sexual exploitation, identified Castille as an individual
disseminating sexualized images and videos of a child, identified to be around 12 years old.
Detective Serratt commenced an undercover investigation, posing as an interested buyer, which led to the confirmation that the social media profile was operated by Castille.
With the assistance of Special Agents from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Castille and the child were located at a Houston hotel.
Upon arrest, officers discovered additional images on Castille’s phone of the child engaging in sexual acts
with multiple individuals.
The child disclosed that Castille arranged paid sexual encounters between her and adult men.
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