Shaun Walker, Child Pornography, Missouri 2021

Kansas City, MO – A 41-year-old man, Shaun Walker, has pleaded guilty to attempting to distribute child pornography over the internet.

Walker, a resident of Springfield, MO, was employed by Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technology, which is contracted by the Nuclear National Security Administration, at the time of the offense.

On November 29, 2021, Walker entered an inner secure area of the U.S. Department of Energy National Security Campus in Kansas City, MO, with his personal cell phone. He contacted Kansas City National Security Campus Security to self-report the violation.

Walker gave his cell phone to security personnel, who reviewed the cell phone to determine if any classified material was present on the phone. During the review, a security officer observed numerous images and videos depicting child pornography. Walker’s phone was seized in order to conduct a forensic examination.

Investigators found an encrypted folder on Walker’s cell phone that contained 21 images and a video of a 5-year-old girl who is known to Walker. Investigators found dozens of additional images and videos of child pornography on Walker’s cell phone. Investigators also found thousands of WhatsApp chats between Walker and females he contacted through a livestreaming pornography website.

According to federal statutes, Walker is subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 20 years in federal prison without parole. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

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, brought this case as part of its efforts to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.

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