A Birmingham man has been convicted of sexually exploiting a 5-year-old boy, and capturing the wrongdoing on video.

A federal jury on Monday convicted 37-year-old Larry Dean "Magic" Garrett Jr., who was also convicted 17 years ago of another sexual offense against a child in Michigan, according to a Tuesday announcement by U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.

Authorities said Garrett - who performed magic tricks - lived in the same Birmingham apartment complex as his young victim and the victim's mother in 2016 and was known to have spent time with the child, according to evidence.

A friend of the child's family, who also lived in the same apartment complex, testified that he knew Garrett downloaded movies and requested one from him. When the man, identified in court records as "A.J," opened the files on the computer memory card that Garrett gave him, he discovered the sexually-explicit video involving the child. He showed the video to members of the child's family, and they provided the video to police.

The jury convicted Garrett on one count of sexual exploitation of a child following four days of testimony before U.S. District Judge Madeline H. Haikala. Garrett chose to represent himself at trial, and now faces 25 to 50 years in prison because of his 2000 conviction in Michigan.

In the Michigan case, according to Alabama's Sex Offender Registry, the victim was a 13-year-old boy and Garrett was convicted of second-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Garrett is currently in the Randolph County Jail which is where he has been held since his arrest. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

"Sexual exploitation of a child by a previously convicted sex offender is one of the most serious and emotionally difficult offenses we prosecute within the federal system," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Erica Williamson Barnes, who prosecuted the case. "I commend the family and friends of the victim for their willingness to come forward and assist law enforcement, the FBI for its tireless devotion to vindicating a particularly vulnerable victim, and the jurors who rendered a just verdict," she said.

"The FBI and the U.S. Attorney's trial team did an excellent job of bringing the perverse, abhorrent acts of Garrett before the jury that rightfully convicted him," Town said. "We are very much looking forward to the sentencing hearing."

"These types of cases are always particularly disturbing," Sharp said. "The FBI and our partners, however, will not rest in bringing predators like Garrett to justice and holding them accountable for their heinous actions."