Jerry Dipoto

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An Oregon man flew home from Thailand with a phone full of child sexual abuse material. Thailand. Federal agents were waiting for him. Jayson Setera, 51, of Newberg, Oregon, landed at Newark airport on Jan. 22, 2024. CBP had already flagged him in 2023 as someone suspected of buying child porn online, so they searched his phones. They found about 170 photos and 8 videos of child sexual abuse, mostly of prepubescent children. They also found messages where he asked for more, and the payments he made to get it. Prosecutors say some of the videos he paid for were made to order. A child was abused in real time because he asked for it. And why was he in Thailand? He told agents he went to file a police report against a "girlfriend" who stole his money. Prosecutors called her his "purported" girlfriend. 50 minutes into the interview, he admitted she had sent him photos of her elementary school-aged daughter in the shower. "I didn't think it was a big deal," he said. When agents asked whether he'd asked for nude photos of the little girl, he stopped talking. Thailand has a long, ugly reputation as a destination for sex tourism, including men from the West who travel there to exploit children. That's exactly why border agents look closely at who comes home from there and what's on their phones. A jury convicted him in April. On Sept. 16, a federal judge gave him the maximum: 40 years, followed by 10 years of supervised release. He's 51. He'll be in his 80s before he's eligible for release, if he lives that long. CBP officers did their job and another child predator is locked up.