RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that U.S. District Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Child Pornography. The sentencing took place on September 28, 2026. Kevin Davison, 49, was sentenced to five years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund and $570 in restitution for the examination of his digital devices. Davison was indicted for four counts of Receipt of Child Pornography and one count of Possession of Child Pornography by a federal grand jury in September 2025. He pleaded guilty to the Possession of Child Pornography on April 21, 2026.

Between May 2022 and September 2023, Davison used an internet-based application, his laptop, and two cellular phones to upload photographs of clothed minors who were known to him. The application used artificial intelligence technology to “remove” the clothes of the minors in the photographs and replace the clothes with AI-generated nude bodies. Each of the images were then modified to appear that they were engaging in sexually explicit conduct. In addition to these images, he had several other images constituting child sexual abuse material. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

This case was investigated by the South Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Box Elder Police Department. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather Knox and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathryn N. Rich prosecuted the case. Davison was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.