Clayton Spotted Calf, Receipt of Child Pornography, South Dakota 2022

A Winner man has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for his role in a child pornography case.

Clayton Spotted Calf, 27, was sentenced on March 22, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange of the U.S. District Court, according to a report from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Spotted Calf was convicted of Receipt of Child Pornography and was ordered to pay a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100 and to pay $54,000 in restitution.

According to the report, Spotted Calf searched for and downloaded child pornography via the internet between December 2020 and February 2021. He saved multiple images and videos of child pornography to his Google account and to two cellular phones.

Law enforcement began investigating Spotted Calf in January 2021, based on a CyberTip received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which indicated Spotted Calf was storing child pornography in his Google account.

Spotted Calf will forfeit ownership of the cellular phones to the United States and will be required as a sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender and Registration and Notification Act.

This case was investigated by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk Albertson prosecuted the case.

Spotted Calf was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.

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