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Conrad Hull, 30, Admits to Creating, Distributing Child Porn
BOISE, Idaho – In a disturbing case of child exploitation, Conrad Hull, 30, of Caldwell, Idaho, has pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. According to court records, the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force received a Cybertip from Kik Messenger in October 2020, alleging that child pornography had been uploaded to a Kik account belonging to Hull.
A state magistrate judge issued a search warrant for Hull’s residence, and law enforcement executed the warrant, seizing a cellphone belonging to Hull. A forensic examination of the cellphone revealed several files of child pornography, including explicit images of a 5-year-old and a 7-year-old child that Hull had produced. Hull admitted to using his cellphone to take the images and distribute them on Kik to obtain additional child pornography files.
As part of his plea agreement, Hull has agreed to forfeit the cellphone used in the commission of the offense. He is scheduled to be sentenced on September 16 and faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years and up to 30 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill will determine the sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez credited the cooperative efforts of the Idaho ICAC Task Force, Caldwell Police Department, and the Canyon County Prosecutor’s Office for leading to the charges. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.
Project Safe Childhood is a collaborative effort between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.
The Idaho ICAC Task Force, a partnership between the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Idaho Attorney General’s Office, works to marshal federal, state, and local resources to combat child exploitation. The task force has been instrumental in investigating and prosecuting cases of child exploitation in Idaho.
Key Facts
- State: Idaho
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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