Ohio man found guilty in online child porno bulletin board

WASHINGTON — Billy Wade Carroll, 51, of Dayton, was found guilty today in U.S. District Court in Riverside, Calif., for his participation in an online child pornography bulletin board, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. of the Central District of California and Assistant Director in Charge Steve Martinez of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. 

A federal jury in the Central District of California found Carroll guilty of one count of conspiracy to advertise, solicit, transport, distribute, receive and possess child pornography and one count of committing a child pornography offense while being required to register as a sex offender in Ohio.

Today’s conviction is the result of an international investigation into the “Lost Boy” online bulletin board.  Federal authorities, working in conjunction with a coalition of international law enforcement agencies, shut down the Lost Boy bulletin board more than two years ago.

As a result of the investigation, 16 U.S. members of the bulletin board have been identified, charged and arrested for their roles in the bulletin board and to date, 15 of those defendants, including Carroll, have been convicted. 

Evidence presented at trial established that from at least September 2007 until January 2009, Carroll was an active member of the bulletin board and made more than 100 posts. He supplied images of child pornography for other members to download and also made requests on the board seeking out particular images to help supplement his child pornography collection.