A judge sentenced a Coleman man to 60 years in federal prison for producing child porn.
U.S. Circuit Judge Andrew Oldham sentenced 49-year-old Christopher Lynn Driskill to 60 years in federal prison on July 29, according to a Department of Justice press release. He pled guilty in February to two counts of “producing child pornography.”
“The defendant created child sexual abuse material and distributed it through the dark web for others to view it,” said FBI-Dallas Special Agent in Charge Joseph Rothrock in the release. “A tip from a foreign partner resulted in law enforcement arresting a dangerous predator and preventing future abuse.”
A “foreign partner” flagged “child sexual abuse material” from the “dark web” to the FBI’s Victim Identification Program in July 2024, according to the release.
The videos featured a male with distinctive tattoos “sexually assaulting a prepubescent male.”
The FBI found Driskill’s Twitter account, with photos of himself and some of the tattoos, according to the release. Officers with the Coleman Police Department also investigated a complaint that Driskill had molested a child, and the recorded interview showed the same tattoos in the assault video.
Driskill’s “former dating partner” told Coleman police in September 2024 that he had confessed while “intoxicated” to “molesting a child and recording it.” Officers interviewed Driskill, who denied the assault and claimed his ex was simply upset. They also met the child, who “did not make an outcry.”
“With no additional evidence at the time, the police department closed their investigation,” a DOJ release reads.
FBI-Dallas agents arrested Driskill in San Angelo in November 2024. Then, he was “remanded” into federal custody and indicted for “production of child pornography.” He pleaded guilty in February to two counts of the crime.
“Driskill admitted that videos found on his phone show him engaging in sexually explicit conduct with minor male victims,” the release reads. “Driskill also admitted that he coerced or enticed the victims to engage in the conduct so that Driskill could produce a recording of the acts.”
Oldham sentenced Driskill to the “statutory minimum” of 30 years on each charge, amounting to 60 years total.
“The sentence imposed in this case underscores the seriousness of the crime,” Rothrock said in the release. “The FBI does not tolerate the exploitation of children and works with our law enforcement partners to identify and arrest individuals committing these criminal acts.”
FBI-Dallas, the Endangered Child Alert Program, and the Coleman Police Department investigated this case.
“The FBI’s meticulous work identifying this defendant brought an end to horrifying child abuse,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Nancy Larson in the release. “These types of sickening crimes deserve lengthy sentences for the sake of the victims, the safety of our communities, and to see justice served.”