San Juan County man sentenced to 61 years in child porn case

A Farmington man will spend 61 years in prison after pleading guilty to four second-degree felony counts of manufacturing child pornography, a sentence San Juan County officials said followed an extensive investigation and a search warrant. Jacob Marriott was arrested on Feb. 11, 2025, and the case reached final sentencing after more than a year of court action.

The San Juan County Sheriff's Office identified Marriott as the defendant and said its investigation led to his arrest in Farmington. County news records tied the case to a June 19, 2026 listing, placing the matter on a clear timeline from investigation to plea to sentencing.

A 61-year term is effectively life-equivalent for many defendants, which shows how severely the courts treated the charges in this case. The conviction covered four counts of manufacturing child pornography, each filed as a second-degree felony, a level of offense that reflects the production and distribution side of child sexual exploitation rather than simple possession.

For San Juan County, the outcome carries direct public-safety weight. The sheriff's office said officers executed a search warrant as part of the case, a detail that points to a larger evidence-gathering effort and the role of digital devices, records and forensic review in child-exploitation investigations. In a county that includes Farmington, Aztec and Bloomfield, the sentence signals that investigators and courts are still pushing these cases through to a hard conclusion when the evidence supports it.

The result also gives local families and schools a clear marker of how the justice system is handling child-safety enforcement. With Marriott now sentenced, the case stands as one of the county's most serious criminal outcomes and a reminder that child pornography prosecutions can end in decades-long prison terms when prosecutors secure guilty pleas on manufacturing charges.