Joseph A. Seiffertt, Child Pornography, Missouri 2026

A disturbing case of child exploitation has come to light in Missouri, with a Webster Groves man admitting to sending and receiving child sexual abuse material online.

Joseph A. Seiffertt, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Tuesday, March 2026.

According to court documents, Seiffertt possessed 43 images and 433 videos containing child sexual abuse material on his cell phone. He also used apps to depict clothed individuals, including minors, in the nude. Furthermore, Seiffertt discussed the sexual abuse of minors with someone online and shared and received child sexual abuse material via the Kik Messenger app.

The FBI and the St. Louis County Special Investigations Unit investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jillian Anderson is prosecuting the case.

Seiffertt is scheduled to be sentenced on March 11, 2026. The U.S. Attorney's Office will recommend a sentence of 12 years in prison, followed by a lifetime on supervised release.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.

The U.S. Attorney's Office urges anyone with information about child exploitation to report it to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at www.ic3.gov or to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) at www.missingkids.org.

Defendant: Joseph A. Seiffertt, a 44-year-old man from Webster Groves, Missouri.

Criminal charges: One count of possession of child pornography.

City and state: Webster Groves, Missouri.

Exact date: March 2026.

Sentence or outcome: Seiffertt is scheduled to be sentenced on March 11, 2026 and faces a recommended sentence of 12 years in prison, followed by a lifetime on supervised release.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmo/pr/webster-groves-man-admits-sending-receiving-child-pornography