OAKLAND — A Bay Space man who allegedly glided by the identify “Sir Sicko” on-line was sentenced Thursday to fifteen years in federal jail, months after he pleaded responsible to possessing and distributing youngster pornography.
Ryan Kannett, 39, of Fairfax, was arrested in 2020 following an investigation wherein he allegedly mentioned desirous to rape and homicide a baby, then promote a video of the crime. He additionally requested an secret agent to assist him “brutally rape, torture, mutilate and snuff my ex,” and added that it was a “actual and bonafide provide,” not mere fantasy, in line with federal prosecutors.
The 15-year jail time period, handed down by U.S. District Decide Haywood Gilliam, is the minimal allowable underneath federal legislation.
In a sentencing memo, Kannett’s legal professional identified that his consumer suffered from epilepsy and psychological sickness all through his life, and went to an more and more darkish and bitter place in his thoughts. Kannett has a previous conviction for providing an undercover officer posing as a mother or father cocaine in alternate for being allowed to molest their youngster, courtroom data present.
“Mr. Kannett accepts full accountability for his errors, explaining to the probation officer that he's ‘ashamed for my conduct’ and is aware of he has ‘to dwell with impression on my household and the victims of the fabric I seen,’ ” the protection legal professional, Hanni Fakhoury, wrote in a sentencing memo. “He acknowledges that whereas he ‘was closely hooked on meth on the time,’ in the end ‘there is no such thing as a one else accountable’ however himself.”
The secret agent who was chatting with Kannett occurred to be based mostly in Tennessee. They alerted Bay Space authorities, who served a search warrant at Kannett’s residence in 2020. There, they found tons of of graphic movies, together with youngster pornography and bestiality, in addition to “violent deaths, mutilated human our bodies, and animal cruelty,” in line with the legal criticism.
As well as, authorities seized a quarter-ounce of methamphetamine and a big machete-style knife, in addition to 18,000 information depicting youngster sexual abuse on one reminiscence card alone, plus one other 15,000 with pornographic movies and photos depicting unidentified topics whose age have been troublesome to find out, prosecutors stated.
Authorities additionally discovered a 170-page information on “ apply youngster love.” It included directions for pose as a minor on-line to lure youngsters, together with by feigning curiosity in horses or Justin Bieber and by downloading photographs of a kid and posing as that particular person, in line with prosecutors.