Calvin Nesmith, Production of Child Pornography, Texas 2015

A Rockport man has been convicted of producing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.

Calvin Nesmith, 28, of Rockport, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child, otherwise known as production of child pornography.

In June 2015, Nesmith was communicating with a person he believed was the mother of two minor female children. In reality, he was actually talking to an undercover Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent from Laredo. During the course of the communications, Nesmith made arrangements to meet and engage in sexual activity with the mother’s minor female children.

Nesmith also sent sexually explicit photographs depicting images of child pornography through text messages and emails to the undercover agent. The images were taken of a 14-year-old female while she was sleeping.

He was apprehended as he arrived at the designated meeting place. At the time of his arrest, Nesmith had several electronic devices and condoms with him. A forensic search of those electronic devices led to the discovery of an electronic image depicting Nesmith involved in sexually explicit conduct with a female minor.

Senior U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack accepted the guilty plea today and set sentencing for January 21, 2016, at which time Nesmith faces a minimum of 15 and up to 30 years in federal prison.

Nesmith was arrested on the federal charges in September 2015 and has been in custody since that time where he will remain pending his sentencing hearing.

The charges were the result of an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations with the assistance of the Corpus Christi Police Department – Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

This case, prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Hugo R. Martinez, was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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