James Crowder, Child Pornography Production, Missouri 2021

A Marionville, Missouri, man has been sentenced to 18 years for producing and distributing child pornography.

James Crowder, 78, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes on Thursday, March 17, to 18 years and four months in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Crowder to spend the rest of his life on supervised release following incarceration.

Crowder pleaded guilty on March 29, 2021, to one count of using a minor to produce child pornography and one count of receiving and distributing child pornography.

A CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in June 2020 indicated that Google discovered files that contained child pornography uploaded to Crowder’s account and that Twitter discovered a file that contained child pornography in Crowder’s tweet.

Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Crowder’s residence on Aug. 6, 2020. Crowder was questioned and admitted he had exchanged images and videos of child pornography with others for a period of at least four years.

Crowder told investigators he placed a hidden camera in a bathroom to obtain videos and images of children, then distributed those files over the internet. Officers seized several digital storage devices, which contained multiple images of child pornography.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney James J. Kelleher. It was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force.

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