A former Coast Guard member, Stephen Lamond Lollis, 36, has been sentenced to 133 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for receiving child pornography. Lollis pled guilty to the charge on August 19, 2024.
The investigation began when a former romantic partner reported Lollis to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. She revealed that he had shown her child pornography and made disturbing comments about his intentions to sexually abuse her and her son. Following this report, agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed a search warrant at Lollis' residence. They seized four devices containing illegal content. These devices held images and videos of child pornography as well as conversations where Lollis encouraged women to abuse their children and send him footage of these acts.
Michael F. Easley, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced the sentencing which was presided over by U.S. District Judge Louise W. Flanagan. The Department of Homeland Security and the Coast Guard conducted the investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Charity Wilson prosecuted the case.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse online.