POCATELLO, ID — A Pocatello man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to receiving child sexual abuse material, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho.

Clint Layne Lusk, 34, was sentenced to 135 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David C. Nye. The court also ordered him to pay $45,000 in restitution, serve 15 years of supervised release following his prison term, and register as a sex offender.

According to court records, the case began in November 2024 during an undercover investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Investigators posed as a 13-year-old girl on a messaging application, where Lusk allegedly initiated contact and steered the conversation in a sexual direction before proposing an in-person meeting.

Officers arrested Lusk when he arrived at a hotel in Pocatello for the arranged meeting. A subsequent search of his residence and electronic devices uncovered more than 52,000 images of child sexual abuse material, according to officials.

Investigators also identified videos involving adult victims that were handled separately by the Idaho Attorney General’s Office.

The federal sentence will run consecutively to any sentence imposed in that separate case, which is pending in Bannock County District Court.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Paskett. Officials credited multiple agencies for their role in the investigation, including the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, the ICAC Task Force, and the Pocatello Police Department.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative led by the U.S. Department of Justice aimed at combating the exploitation of children online.