Gino Alexander Maiorano, Child Pornography, Missouri 2020

Kansas City Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Producing Child Pornography

Gino Alexander Maiorano, 26, was identified and arrested on the same day he shared live video and images of his sexual assault of a toddler with an undercover officer in Clinton, Missouri.

Maiorano was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 25 years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Maiorano to spend the rest of his life on supervised release following incarceration.

Maiorano pleaded guilty to one count of producing child pornography on June 23, 2020. He admitted that he used a 2-year-old victim to produce child pornography on April 12, 2019.

Investigators immediately began working to identify Maiorano and rescue the child victim after he sent two sexually explicit photos and a video of the child victim to an undercover officer in an online Kik chat group.

The case was prosecuted by Acting U.S. Attorney Teresa A. Moore and Assistant U.S. Attorney David A. Barnes. It was investigated by the FBI, the Springfield, Mo., Police Department, and the Clinton, Mo., Police Department.

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

Maiorano's cell phone, which contained another video of child pornography involving a different child victim, was seized by officers during his arrest at his residence on April 12, 2019.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/clinton-man-sentenced-25-years-producing-child-pornography