Tracy was sentenced to 71 months in prison. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin a 5-year term of supervised release. He was ordered to pay $6,000 in restitution to victims.
In March of 2024, during an unrelated investigation, a Richardson County investigator discovered child pornography in the hidden photo album of Tracy’s cell phone. Investigators obtained a search warrant for the phone and associated iCloud account. Investigators located 910 files containing child pornography, including 419 images, 71 videos, and 420 duplicate images of child pornography. Metadata showed that the files were obtained between May 1, 2020, through December 31, 2023. Investigators interviewed Tracy, who admitted he downloaded the images from the internet.
The case was investigated by the Richardson County Sheriff’s Office, and 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.
