David Lee Pinson, Child Pornography, West Virginia 2023

A shocking case of child exploitation has come to light in West Virginia, where a registered sex offender pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

David Lee Pinson, 41, of Ceredo, pleaded guilty to possession of prepubescent child pornography in a federal court in Huntington, West Virginia.

According to court documents, Pinson admitted to uploading several images and videos of child pornography to his Google Photos account on May 28, 2022, in Ceredo. One of the videos depicts a prepubescent boy and girl engaging in sexual intercourse and sexually explicit conduct.

Pinson further admitted to possessing six images and 332 videos of child pornography on a memory card on August 16, 2022, and to viewing the images using his cell phone. Pinson also admitted that 44 of the images and videos depict known child victims, and that some of the images depict infants and toddlers.

Pinson is scheduled to be sentenced on October 2, 2023, and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, at least five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.

As a registered sex offender, Pinson was previously convicted of possession of child erotica in Wayne County Circuit Court on August 20, 2020.

U.S. Attorney Will Thompson commended the investigative work of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security-Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in bringing this case to justice.

This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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