A 28-year-old Branson man has been charged with child pornography after federal officials received a CyberTip about a video file of suspected child pornography posted on his Gmail account.
Samuel Lynn Adams, 28, of Branson, was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield with receiving and distributing child pornography from Jan. 1 through July 21, 2016.
According to an affidavit filed in support of the original criminal complaint, law enforcement officials received a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on March 4, 2016, regarding a video file of suspected child pornography posted on Adams’s Gmail account.
On July 21, 2016, Branson police officers were contacted by Motel 9, an extended stay motel where Adams had been residing. According to the owner of the motel, a housekeeper found an SD memory card that contained suspected child pornography while cleaning the room vacated by Adams earlier that day.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ami Harshad Miller. It was investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force and the Branson, Mo., Police Department.
Dickinson cautioned that the charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.
This case was brought 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.
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Key Facts
- State: Missouri
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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