Charles Williams, Child Pornography, Missouri 2011

A Nixa man has been sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.

Charles Williams, 28, of Nixa, Missouri, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes on September 27, 2011 for the crime.

Williams pleaded guilty on August 7, 2013 to receiving and distributing child pornography, admitting that he used a peer-to-peer file-sharing program on two laptop computers to download and distribute dozens of videos and photos of child pornography over the Internet from April 9 to September 27, 2011.

A Nixa police officer used a peer-to-peer file-sharing program to connect to Williams’ computer over the Internet and located child pornography on the computer, leading to the execution of a search warrant for Williams’ residence on September 27, 2011.

During the search, officers seized two laptop computers, two cameras, two videogame consoles, 115 CDs/DVDs and a VHS tape. Investigators found 52 incomplete or partially downloaded videos of child pornography, 29 saved videos of child pornography, eight videos of child pornography in the recycle bin and 13 images of child pornography on Williams’ computers.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Randall D. Eggert and was investigated by the FBI and the Nixa Police Department 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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