RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Richmond Field Office issued the following press release:
RICHMOND, Va. - A Gum Spring man was sentenced today to life plus ten years in prison for production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), possession of CSAM, attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, and commission by a registered sex offender of a felony offense involving a minor.
According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Richard Scott Tyson, 57, was convicted in 2002 of rape involving a child, for which he was sentenced to 99 years in prison with 86 years suspended. Between 2021 and 2023, Tyson sexually exploited two minor victims.
Tyson met the first victim, identi...