A 35-year-old Cincinnati man, Joshua Robert Flick, has been slapped with a 15-year prison sentence for distributing child pornography in Kentucky.
According to his plea agreement, on December 1, 2022, Flick communicated with a covert law enforcement employee via the Kik application on his iPhone, and indicated that he was sexually interested in minors.
On two additional occasions, on December 9, 2022, and December 11, 2022, Flick communicated with the covert employee and sent multiple visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Flick admitted that he knowingly distributed the images, and he knew those images depicted minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
He was arrested on an outstanding warrant on January 11, 2023, and his phone was searched. The search revealed over 70 images and approximately 90 videos depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Under federal law, Flick must serve 85 percent of his prison sentence. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for 15 years.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Spievack is prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted this case as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet as well as to identify and rescue victims.
The Department of Justice is urging citizens to report any suspicious activity to the authorities, and warns that child predators will face severe consequences for their crimes.
Joshua Robert Flick’s case is a stark reminder of the dangers of child sexual exploitation and the importance of vigilant reporting.
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Key Facts
- State: Kentucky
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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