Pocatello Man Sentenced to 11 years in Federal Prison for Receiving Child Pornography

POCATELLO - U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today that Clint Layne Lusk, 34, of Pocatello, Idaho, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography.

According to court records, in November 2024 the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force conducted an undercover operation on the Whisper messaging application. An undercover officer posed as a 13-year-old girl. Lusk initiated contact, identified himself as a man in his early thirties, and quickly steered the conversation in a sexual direction. He proposed meeting to engage in sexual intercourse, and officers arranged a meeting at a hotel in Pocatello. Officers arrested Lusk when he arrived. Law enforcement then executed search warrants at his residence and on his electronic devices. A forensic review of his phone uncovered 52,543 images of child sexual abuse material. Investigators also found videos of voyeurism involving known adult victims, conduct for which the Idaho Attorney General's Office prosecuted Lusk separately.

U.S. District Judge David C. Nye ordered Lusk's 135-month prison sentence to run consecutively to any sentence imposed on his pending video voyeurism charge, which awaits sentencing in Bannock County District Court. Judge Nye also ordered Lusk to pay $45,000 in restitution and to serve 15 years of supervised release after his prison term. Lusk must register as a sex offender. He pleaded guilty on October 21, 2025.

U.S. Attorney Davis commended the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, the ICAC Task Force, and the Pocatello Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Paskett prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. As part of Project Safe Childhood, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Idaho and the Idaho Attorney General's Office partner to marshal federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

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