Mobile Man Sentenced to More Than 33 Years in Prison for Producing Child Pornography

MOBILE, AL - Gary Daniel-Kyle Hay, age 26, was sentenced today to 405 months in prison after entering guilty pleas to twenty counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and one count of Access with Intent to View Child Pornography. Hay entered his guilty pleas on June 20, 2024.

Evidence received by the judge established that Hay sexually abused an eight-year-old child and filmed the abuse on multiple occasions.

At sentencing, Judge DuBose imposed the 405-month sentence of incarceration and a 15-year term of supervised release upon his future release. During his term of imprisonment, Hay will be subject to sex offender treatment, substance abuse testing and treatment, and mental health treatment. Hay will be required to register as a sex offender and is to have no contact with minors. Hay was ordered to pay $45,500 in restitution to the victim of his offenses and $2,100 in special assessments.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mobile County Sheriff's Office, and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kacey Chappelear and Beth Stepan prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc. For more information about Internet safety education, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc/publications-resources