AG Labrador Secures Prison Sentence for Canyon County Man for Possession of Child Sexual Exploitative Material

BOISE, ID - Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced that Lesley Marcum, 61, was convicted of three counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Child for Possessing Sexually Exploitative Material (Child Pornography). The possession of sexually exploitative material is a felony punishable by up to ten years in prison. Marcum was sentenced on May 12, 2026, by District Judge Randall S. Grove.

According to court records, the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force started the investigation after receiving a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The CyberTip originated from a well-known social media platform that flagged a user's account as possessing child pornography. Officers identified Marcum as the creator and user of the social media account and obtained a search warrant for his home, person, and vehicle. A digital forensic examination of Marcum's phone found several videos containing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including a video showing the sexual abuse of a female child approximately three to six years old.

In an interview with law enforcement, Marcum said he could not explain and did not know how he became interested in CSAM but that he had started a couple years earlier. He said people on the social media platform messaged him asking if he was interested in "Pizza" or "Yummy Pizza," which he said means child pornography. Marcum admitted to law enforcement that he had viewed and downloaded CSAM.

"Predators are using code words on social media apps right now to find and share videos of child sexual abuse, and most parents have no idea," said Attorney General Labrador. "My office will not stop pursuing these individuals, and we will keep working to make sure Idaho parents know the dangers their children face online."

Judge Grove sentenced Marcum to a total unified sentence of ten years in prison, with four years fixed and six years indeterminate.

The investigation was led by Scott McDonald, a detective with the Canyon County Sherrif's Office assigned to the Attorney General's ICAC Unit. The case was prosecuted by Deputy Attorney General Baeley Hathaway and (former) Deputy Attorney General James Haws.