Sex Offender Sentenced For Operating Child Pornography Chat Group

ATLANTA, GA — A Texas man has been sentenced for running an online chat group that was dedicated to sharing child pornography and discussing child molestation. At the time, he had already been convicted in 2001 of the aggravated sexual assault of a nine-year-old child.

Terence Dewayne Dixon, 38, created an online chat group in November of 2017 and named it “House of 1000 Littles,” according to U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. Investigators identified the majority of his chat group living all across the United States, including in the states of California, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Tennessee.

“HSI Atlanta and its state and local partners are hunting down these criminals that look to steal the innocence of our youth,” said acting Special Agent in Charge Robert Hammer, who oversees Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) operations in Georgia and Alabama.

Members of Dixon’s group discussed how they were sexually aroused by children and sent one another links to child pornography files on a daily basis until October 2018.

“For this defendant to take the images of innocent children and pass them around in order to exploit them and use them to arouse in a sexual nature is absolutely despicable. The GBI is committed to working with our partners to stop this criminal behavior and protect our young ones,” said Vic Reynolds, Director, Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Dixon has been sentenced to 25 years in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release. He was ordered to pay $12,000 in restitution. He must also register as a sex offender upon release. Dixon was convicted of conspiracy to advertise child pornography on July 23, 2020, after he pleaded guilty.

“Dixon disseminated horrific images of child pornography to members of his online chat group,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. “He also encouraged others to share child pornography that fueled a demand for the violent exploitation of children. This lengthy prison sentence serves as some recompense for the irreparable harm he caused to so many children and their families.”