A 62-year-old man was sentenced Monday to eight months in the Washington County Jail after authorities found child sexual abuse material on his laptop while investigating a report that he molested a teen boy at his Newport apartment in 2021.
Davyd M. Bryan Delving-Thompson, now of St. Paul, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors in October that included the dismissal of a second-degree criminal sexual conduct charge in exchange for admitting to four counts of possession of child pornography.
Davyd M. Bryan Delving-Thompson (Courtesy of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office)
Washington County District Judge Siv Mjanger accepted the agreement, but gave Delving-Thompson five more months in jail after he violated terms of his conditional release from jail after his plea. A two-and-a-half year prison term was stayed in favor of five years of supervised probation. He was given credit for just over three months in custody already served after his arrest.
According to the criminal complaint, a man reported in August 2021 that his two sons responded to an ad on Craigslist for a photo shoot and one of them — a 13-year-old — became a victim of sexual abuse.
The boy’s adult brother said he had exchanged emails with a man, whom authorities later identified as Delving-Thompson, about the online ad. The brother said he and his brother met the man, who went by “Michael,” at his apartment building in the 2300 block of Hastings Avenue in Newport.
Once in his living room, Delving-Thompson used his cellphone to take pictures of the brothers, who had their shirts off and were wearing swim trunks and underwear. Delving-Thompson “wanted them to pretend they were at the beach,” the complaint said.
They then went to his bedroom, where the brothers laid down with their backs to each other. Delving-Thompson closed the blinds for privacy. He rubbed the boy’s arm “to calm him down” and then his back, chest and legs, the complaint said. He then allegedly touched the boy’s penis.
The boy told Delving-Thompson that he wanted to go back to the living room and put on his shirt, but he asked the boy not to. In a hallway, Delving-Thompson asked the boy if he could touch his penis again, but the boy refused and Delving-Thompson “did it anyway,” the complaint said.
Delving-Thompson gave $300 to the brothers, who then left.
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Investigators searched Delving-Thompson’s apartment and seized a cell phone, tablet computer and laptop computer. Digital forensic analysis revealed the laptop had four photos and two videos of prepubescent boys and girls doing sexual acts. The photos were determined to be child sexual abuse material, identified by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
In December, two months after Delving-Thompson entered his guilty plea, he violated terms of the judge’s conditional release order by using the internet and a chat group, according to prosecutors. An arrest warrant was issued and he was taken into custody on Aug. 13.
Conditions of his probation include following recommendations of a psychosexual evaluation, no pornography and no contact with minors. After probation, he must register as a predatory offender for five years.
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