Lance M. Berry, Child Pornography, Missouri 2022

Lance Berry, 36, Indicted for Child Pornography in Missouri

Kansas City, MO – A registered sex offender from Lawson, MO, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing and distributing child pornography over the internet.

Lance M. Berry, 36, was charged in a two-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, MO, on June 20. The indictment charges Berry with one count of distributing child pornography over the internet on June 1, 2022, and with one count of possessing child pornography on June 17, 2022.

Berry, the owner of a flower shop in Lawson at the time of his offense, has a prior Ray County, MO, conviction for deviate sexual assault, which requires him to register as a sex offender.

Berry was arrested at his former business on June 17, 2022, by Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers. Berry struggled with troopers when they seized his cell phone and troopers were forced to spray him with pepper spray before placing him in handcuffs.

The charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth W. Borgnino. It was investigated by the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the FBI.

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