Jeffrey Desmond Carter, Sex Trafficking, Kentucky 2015

A 37-year-old man from Murray, Kentucky, has been charged with multiple counts of sex trafficking and producing child pornography.

Jeffrey Desmond Carter, 37, of Murray, Kentucky, was charged specifically with 25 counts of production of child pornography, one count of receiving child pornography, and one count of sex trafficking of children.

The alleged conduct charged in the indictment took place between March of 2013, and January of 2015.

Carter was initially charged in a criminal complaint on October 6, 2016. According to an Affidavit attached to the complaint, on February 6, 2015, the Murray (Kentucky) Police Department was notified that a 14-year-old female had sent sexually explicit photos and videos of herself to Carter, through a Facebook messenger account under the name of Adam Bryan.

If convicted at trial, Carter faces a mandatory prison term of no less than 15 years in prison for counts 1-22, 24, 25, & 27; no less than 5 years in prison for count 23; no less than 10 years in prison for count 26; and up to and including a lifetime period of supervised release.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Seth A. Hancock and is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with assistance from the Murray Police Department and Calloway County Sheriff’s Department, among others.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdky/pr/calloway-county-kentucky-man-charged-multiple-counts-sexual-exploitation-children