Michael Gerald Moody, Child Pornography, Virginia 2023

Manassas Park Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges

Alexandria, VA – A Manassas Park man has pleaded guilty to producing and distributing child pornography, federal authorities announced.

Michael Gerald Moody, 44, admitted to using a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct and capturing numerous images of that conduct with his cell phone between 2017 and February 2018.

Moody also engaged in text chats with other individuals through the online messaging application Kik Messenger, where he distributed child pornography, including images he produced himself, to at least eight other individuals.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Moody faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison when sentenced on September 14. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay V. Prabhu and Trial Attorney Kyle P. Reynolds of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section are prosecuting the case.

Tracy Doherty-McCormick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, John P. Cronan, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and Nancy McNamara, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady accepted the plea.

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