Indy Man Sentenced to Thirty Years in Federal Prison for 
Raping a Toddler and Recording it on his Phone

The movies confirmed Mitchell raping a toddler beneath 4 years outdated, who’s crying through the assault. At instances, the kid was in his care, custody, or management.

INDIANAPOLIS – Devon Shane Mitchell, 37, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal jail after pleading responsible to sexually exploiting a toddler.

Based on court docket paperwork, in February of 2023, regulation enforcement officers started investigating Mitchell for felony exercise unrelated to youngster sexual abuse. Through the course of that investigation, officers found a number of pictures and movies of kid sexual abuse on Mitchell’s mobile phone. The movies confirmed Mitchell raping a toddler beneath 4 years outdated, who’s crying through the assault. At instances, the kid was in his care, custody, or management.

In April of 2023, Mitchell was arrested at his residence. Throughout a radical search of his digital gadgets, FBI brokers discovered over 800 pictures and movies of different youngster sexual abuse materials Mitchell collected on-line, along with the movies he created utilizing the toddler sufferer.

“Our hearts break for the violence and trauma the defendant inflicted on such a younger and weak youngster. We’re deeply dedicated to discovering the offenders who sexually exploit our youngsters and making certain that they’re taken out of our communities,” mentioned U.S. Legal professional for the Southern District of Indiana, Zachary A. Myers. “Due to the devoted investigators on the FBI, IMPD, and our federal prosecutor, this sufferer and each different youngster can be protected against the defendant’s crimes for many years to return.”

FBI and IMPD investigated this case. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Court docket Chief Choose Tanya Walton Pratt. Choose Pratt additionally ordered that Mitchell be supervised by the U.S. Probation Workplace for 20 years following his launch from federal jail and pay $10,000 in restitution to the sufferer.

U.S. Legal professional Myers thanked Assistant United States Legal professional Tiffany J. Preston, who prosecuted this case.

This case was introduced as a part of Mission Protected Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in Could 2006 by the Division of Justice to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Places of work and the Baby Exploitation and Obscenity Part, Mission Protected Childhood marshals federal, state, and native sources to higher find, apprehend and prosecute people who exploit kids by way of the web, in addition to to determine and rescue victims.