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Covington Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison In Child Pornography Case
January 9, 2025
District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on January 8, 2025, 53-year-old Scott Gaskill of Covington was sentenced by Judge Richard Swartz to 15 years in prison after a jury convicted him in November of possessing seven images of child pornography. The 15-year sentences on each of the seven counts were ordered to run concurrent. Assistant District Attorneys Christina Fisher and Taylor Nicholson presented the case to the jury. Special Agent April Lucia with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (LBI) headed the investigation with assistance from then LBI Supervisory Special Agent Brian Brown, who is now with the Covington Police Department.
According to testimony during the trial, LBI received a tip in 2019 from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that child sexual abuse images had been uploaded through a Tumblr account associated with a particular IP address. Digital copies of the images were provided to LBI. Investigation linked the IP address to the defendant’s residence in Covington. When Gaskin was questioned about viewing “child pornography,” he denied it but acknowledged he was a frequent viewer of “adult pornography.” He conceded having a Tumblr account that was shut down.
At his trial, Gaskin testified he had an addiction to “legal adult pornography” and that he did not “recall” uploading any child sexual abuse images. After slightly more than one hour of deliberations, the jury returned guilty verdicts on all seven counts.