Babysitter sentenced to federal prison for child sex crimes

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) -- A Rapid City man is headed to federal prison following a conviction of Receipt of Child Pornography.

On July 25, 2024 Tell Logan Cadotte, 33, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund and $12,000 in restitution.

Cadotte will also be required to register as a sex offender.

In July of 2021, Cadotte was indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor,
Receipt of Child Pornography, and Possession of Child Pornography. On May 3, 2024, he pleaded
guilty of receiving child pornography.

For several years, Cadotte sexually abused a female minor he was asked to babysit. Cadotte recorded the sexual abuse using his cellular phone. When law enforcement executed a search warrant on Cadotte’s residence in February of 2021, they located images and videos of the minor female being sexually abused by Cadotte.

He also possessed hundreds of sexually explicit depictions of other minors, some of whom were identified by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Chil...