Konnor Wolfe Lyons, a 35-year-old resident of Huntington, West Virginia, pleaded guilty on November 17, 2025, to charges related to the receipt or attempted receipt of child pornography.
Court documents indicate that on September 24, 2023, Lyons used a peer-to-peer file sharing network to download 464 digital media files containing child pornography. He admitted in court that he knowingly downloaded these files via an internet connection and was aware they depicted minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct involving sadistic and masochistic abuse.
Lyons further acknowledged additional offenses. On September 2, 2024, he again used a peer-to-peer file-sharing network to obtain six more files depicting minors in sexually explicit situations. The downloads were made using his internet connection.
Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Lyons’ home on September 4, 2025. Officers seized his cell phone and a forensic analysis revealed it contained 1,546 images of child pornography. Lyons stated that most of these images were cache files generated during previous downloads from the internet.
Lyons is scheduled for sentencing on March 2, 2026. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and up to twenty years in prison. In addition to imprisonment, he could receive supervised release ranging from five years up to life and may be fined up to $250,000.
United States Attorney Moore Capito announced the plea and commended both the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Parkersburg Police Department for their investigative work.
The hearing was presided over by United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers. Assistant United States Attorney Lesley C. Shamblin is handling prosecution duties.
This case falls under Project Safe Childhood—a national Department of Justice initiative designed to combat child sexual exploitation by coordinating federal, state, and local resources for prosecution as well as victim identification and rescue efforts. More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found at www.justice.gov/psc.
Additionally, this prosecution resulted from Operation Restore Justice—a coordinated nationwide effort led by all FBI field offices along with various DOJ sections—to identify and arrest individuals involved in child sexual abuse crimes. This operation led to the rescue of over one hundred children and more than two hundred arrests across the country over five days.
Further details regarding this case are available through the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia website or by searching Case No. 3:25-cr-76 on PACERLinks.
