Leslie Bryan Clark, Child Pornography Possession, Missouri 2025

A Butler County man is facing at least 10 years in prison after being caught with child sexual abuse material at a halfway house in Missouri.

Leslie Bryan Clark, 59, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one count of possession of child pornography.

According to court documents, Clark was caught with child sexual abuse material on June 13, 2025, the day he was to be released from a halfway house in Butler County.

A Cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had alerted investigators that Clark had uploaded CSAM via the Kik app.

When confronted by a probation officer, Clark handed over his phone, which contained video clips of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

This is not Clark’s first offense. In 2017, he pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one count of possession of child pornography.

He was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release.

Clark is scheduled to be sentenced on April 20. The charge carries a penalty of at least 10 years in prison, due to his prior conviction, with a maximum of 20 years.

He also admitted violating his supervised release in the prior case and faces sentencing for that.

The U.S. Probation Office of the Eastern District of Missouri and the FBI investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Koester is prosecuting the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Leslie Bryan Clark, the defendant, faces at least 10 years in prison, a penalty that includes his prior conviction. He was originally sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release in 2017.

Clark’s case is a reminder of the ongoing threat of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, is home to the U.S. District Court where Clark pleaded guilty.

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