Luke Edward Nicozisin, Child Pornography Distribution, Missouri 2024

A Ballwin man has been sentenced to nine years and two months in prison for distributing images of minors.

Luke Edward Nicozisin, 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Friday, April 12, 2024. The terms of his supervised release will include severe restrictions on his use of computers and access to the internet.

Nicozisin was arrested in July 2021 after one of his victims reported him to a school resource officer. Investigators later found an iPhone with pictures and videos of Nicozisin with one of the victims, as well as condoms that depicted Nicozisin’s Instagram account.

According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle Bateman, Nicozisin reached out to underage girls on Snapchat, and then turned the conversations sexual with those who responded. In his plea agreement, Nicozisin admitted to sending nude images of himself to three 15-year-old girls and one 12-year-old girl, soliciting nude pictures of a 15-year-old, and having sexual contact with two 15-year-old girls.

Nicozisin also recorded videos of the sex acts with one of the teens. He pleaded guilty in March to one count of distribution of child pornography. The FBI, the Manchester Police Department, and the Chesterfield Police Department investigated the case.

The 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 by the Department of Justice.

Nicozisin will also have to register as a sex offender and will be on supervised release for life after his release from prison.

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