Texas man sentenced to 30 years for third federal child pornography conviction
Texas man convicted on third federal child porn charge
A Texas man will spend the next 30 years in prison after he was convicted for a third time on federal child pornography charges. FOX 4's David Sentendrey has more.
PLANO, Texas - A Texas man and former federal inmate was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison for his third child pornography conviction, federal prosecutors announced.
Keanu Deavan Wesley Ortiz, 32, of Vernon, Texas (Source: Texas Sex Offender Registry Website)
Third-time offender sentenced
Keanu Deavan Wesley Ortiz, 32, of Vernon, pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography. U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker ordered the 360-month sentence during a hearing in Plano.
The backstory:
According to court documents, Ortiz was under federal supervision in the fall of 2024 following a prior release from the Bureau of Prisons for a similar offense. During that period, investigators found he was communicating online with another sex offender regarding his sexual interest in children.
Prosecutors said Ortiz distributed video files to the sex offender, who was found in the Eastern District of Texas. The files depicted the violent sexual abuse of prepubescent females, including infants and toddlers.
Ortiz admitted to distributing the material between September 2024 and April 2025, acknowledging the crimes affected interstate and foreign commerce. This marks his third federal conviction related to child pornography.
What they're saying:
"Normal people shutter just to even read the description in those videos."
Jay R. Combs, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, says Ortiz was first prosecuted by the U.S. Air Force in 2015, where he received a two-year sentence and a dishonorable discharge.
In 2017, Combs says Ortiz was charged again in North Dakota and sentenced to more than seven years in prison.
"He knew how to get around the system. He called his probation officer green," Combs said.
Combs says Ortiz had communicated with other predators about looking for a child to abuse prior to getting arrested. He had allegedly bragged about previous abuse of children multiple times despite being a convicted sex offender.
"Ortiz got what was coming to him — 30 years in prison."
What's next:
Combs says an investigation into other predators that Ortiz communicated with is ongoing.
The Source: Information in this article is from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas and the Texas Sex Offender Registry website.