Matthew K. Walsh, Child Sex Exploitation, Maryland 2021

Baltimore Man Charged with Child Sex Exploitation

Baltimore, Maryland – Matthew K. Walsh, age 23, of Baltimore, Maryland, is facing federal charges for the exploitation of children. According to a six-count indictment, Walsh used text messaging, social media, and messaging applications to meet and communicate with minor males.

Walsh allegedly posed as a female in these communications, using the aliases ‘Linamarie’ or ‘Mariel’ on social media and ‘lslow6_5’ on the messaging application. He used his online female aliases to cause and attempt to cause minor males to produce sexually explicit images of themselves and send those images to Walsh.

The indictment alleges that from November 4, 2019 through December 23, 2020, Walsh, using his online female aliases, enticed and coerced Victim 1, who was a 14 to 15-year-old minor male, to produce a series of sexually explicit visual depictions of Victim 1, including several video files, which Victim 1 sent to Walsh.

Further, the indictment alleges that from March 8, 2020 through March 12, 2020, Walsh, using his online female aliases, enticed and coerced Victim 2, a 15-year-old minor male, to produce a series of sexually explicit visual depictions of himself, which he sent to Walsh.

Walsh is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor, coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct, and receipt of child pornography. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison and a maximum sentence of 30 years for each of two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; a maximum sentence of life in federal prison for each of two counts of enticement and coercion of a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct; and a mandatory minimum of five years in federal prison and a maximum sentence of 20 years for each of two counts of receipt of child pornography.

Walsh had an initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in Baltimore before U.S. Magistrate Judge Boardman. Walsh consented to detention pending a detention hearing which will be held on May 20, 2021 at 11:30 a.m.

An indictment is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by indictment is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceedings.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the federal government to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. The case was announced by Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Jonathan F. Lenzner; Acting Special Agent in Charge Rachel Byrd of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office; and Commissioner Michael Harrison of the Baltimore Police Department.

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