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Virginia Man Convicted of Creating and Distributing Child Pornography
A federal jury in the Eastern District of Virginia has found Logan Roy McCauley, 25, of Hamilton, Virginia, guilty of producing child pornography.
According to court records and evidence presented at trial, in November 2017, McCauley drove to West Virginia, picked up a minor he had met online, and drove the minor to his residence in Hamilton. Within hours of arriving, McCauley engaged in sexual intercourse with the minor for purposes of using a smartphone to record a portion of the sexual encounter.
McCauley soon after created the video, he sent an online message to another person admitting he had made the video that morning. The day after McCauley created the video, law enforcement arrived at McCauley’s residence. At this time, McCauley told law enforcement about the video, which was still on McCauley’s smartphone.
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District of Virginia made the announcement after the verdict was accepted by Senior U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III.
McCauley faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and is subject to a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence. He will be sentenced on April 26, 2019, before Senior U.S. District Court Judge Ellis.
The case was investigated by the FBI and the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. It was prosecuted by Trial Attorney Gwendelynn Bills of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alexander Berrang and Jay Prabhu of the Eastern District of Virginia.
Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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