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Rockport Man Gets 30 Years for Child Pornography
A 28-year-old Rockport man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of producing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
Calvin Nesmith pleaded guilty Nov. 20, 2015. Today, Senior U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack handed Nesmith a sentence of 360 months in federal prison.
Nesmith was found to have possessed more than 3,000 images and more than 360 videos of child pornography. Testimony revealed that he requested advice on how to seduce a 14-year-old girl and discussed his desire to sexually abuse an eight-year-old relative.
The court also heard about the images on his cell phone, much of which depicted prepubescent girls engaging in sexually explicit conduct with adult men, including bondage with handcuffs, etc. An impact statement was read from the victim.
Nesmith was also ordered to serve the rest of his life on supervised release, during which time he will have to comply with numerous requirements designed to restrict his access to children and the Internet and will be required to register as a sex offender.
Nesmith was arrested in September 2015 and has been in custody ever since. He was communicating with an undercover Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent from Laredo, who he believed was the mother of two minor female children. Nesmith made arrangements to meet and engage in sexual activity with the mother’s minor female children.
He was apprehended as he arrived at the designated meeting place, where he had several electronic devices and condoms with him. A forensic search of those electronic devices led to the discovery of an electronic image depicting Nesmith involved in sexually explicit conduct with a female minor.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Hugo R. Martinez as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Nesmith’s sentence is a result of an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations with the assistance of the Corpus Christi Police Department – Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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