Curtis Bowman, Sex Exploitation of a Child, Missouri 2014

Nevada Man Charged with Sex Exploitation of a Child

A 42-year-old man from Nevada, Missouri, was charged with the sexual exploitation of a child after he assumed a false online identity as a woman and persuaded a teenage girl in Georgia to provide pornographic images of herself and to engage in illicit sexual activities.

Curtis Bowman, of Nevada, was charged in a federal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Springfield, Missouri. Bowman remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing on March 14, 2014.

According to an affidavit filed in support of the federal criminal complaint, law enforcement officers in Cobb County, Georgia, were contacted by the victim’s mother. She told officers that her 16-year-old daughter, identified as ‘AS,’ was involved in prostitution and had been communicating over the Internet and via cell phone texting with a person who scheduled ‘dates’ for ‘AS’ to have sex with adult males.

Georgia law enforcement officers identified Bowman and on Friday, March 7, 2014, local law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Bowman’s residence, where he was arrested.

Bowman told officers that he portrayed himself as a female on the Internet and had met ‘AS’ online. They later exchanged e-mail addresses and cell phone numbers so they could continue to communicate. While speaking to each other, the conversation turned sexual and at Bowman’s request, ‘AS’ sent him several pornographic images of herself. Bowman also requested webcam sessions of ‘AS’ where she would masturbate for him.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney James Kelleher. It was investigated by the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force, the Cobb County, Ga., Police Department and the FBI.

The charge of sexual exploitation of a child is a serious offense, and the defendant faces significant penalties if convicted.

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

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