A Robins Air Force Base service member has pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material in federal court, according to a Grimy Times investigation.
Justin Wayne Pallett, a 28-year-old Warner Robins resident, pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material before U.S. District Judge Tilman E. ‘Tripp’ Self III on March 7, 2023. Pallett faces a maximum of 20 years of imprisonment to be followed by five years to life of supervised release and a maximum $250,000 fine.
Pallett will also have to register as a sex offender upon his release from federal prison. The case was investigated by the U.S. Air Force, Office of Special Investigations.
The investigation began in November 2020 when a 13-year-old female’s mother alerted authorities that her daughter had exchanged sexually explicit messages and images with a 26-year-old male, later determined to be Pallett. Pallett and the girl communicated via Snapchat and Facebook Messenger.
Pallett was engaged in similar sexually explicit communication with numerous other underage females on Snapchat. On March 25, 2021, agents with the U.S. Air Force, Office of Special Investigations, executed a search warrant at Pallett’s home in Warner Robins, seizing numerous electronic devices belonging to the defendant.
A forensic analysis of Pallett’s devices found 178 images and six videos of child sexual abuse material; 14 of the images matched images from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) database. Some of the images contained prepubescent minors under the age of 12 years old.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Will R. Keyes is prosecuting the case. Pallett’s sentencing is scheduled for March 7, 2023.
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Key Facts
- State: Georgia
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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