Scott Jacob McGuire, Child Exploitation, Texas 2021

A League City man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for exploiting a child on the social media app Kik, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

Scott Jacob McGuire, 38, pleaded guilty on August 8, 2021, to production and possession of child pornography.

On [no specific date mentioned, but after the guilty plea], U.S. District Judge Jeffrey V. Brown sentenced McGuire to 360 months for the production conviction and 60 months for the possession conviction. The sentences will run consecutively for a total 420-month-term of imprisonment.

McGuire was further ordered to pay $63,000 in restitution to seven of the victims whose images he possessed and the minor victim of whom he created child pornography.

McGuire had engaged in a conversation with someone he believed to be a father to a young child on Kik, claiming he was also a dad to a three-year-old daughter. McGuire sent an image of the minor female with McGuire’s genitals in her hand and stated he would give the child melatonin so she would “sleep like a rock.” Then, McGuire requested images of the individual molesting his daughter.

Law enforcement was able to locate McGuire in League City and executed a search warrant at his residence. At that time, they seized numerous devices and discovered 721 images of child pornography. McGuire also possessed a large amount of child erotica and CGI animation child pornography.

McGuire has been and will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.

McGuire will also be ordered to register as a sex offender and serve the rest of his life on supervised release following completion of his prison term. During that time, he will have to comply with numerous requirements designed to restrict his access to children and the internet.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI – Texas City with the assistance of the Washington Metropolitan Police FBI Child Exploitation Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sherri L. Zack is prosecuting the case, which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood (PSC), a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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