Baltimore, Maryland, – In a shocking turn of events, Shon Brian Beck, 56, of Eldersburg, Maryland, pleaded guilty to producing and receiving child pornography. The horrific crime took place in 2001, when Beck and his family traveled to Bethany Beach, Delaware, where they shared a condominium with two other families, including the victim’s family.
According to his guilty plea, Beck sneaked into the victim’s room and used a digital camera to produce eleven sexually explicit images of the victim, who was just six years old at the time. This heinous act was committed in September 2001.
But that was not the only crime committed by Beck. In 2018, another victim came forward, alleging that Beck had sexually abused her. An investigation led to the execution of a search warrant at Beck’s residence on March 22, 2019. Law enforcement seized Beck’s computer equipment and digital cameras, and a forensic examination revealed the eleven sexually explicit images of the victim, as well as more than 450 images and videos documenting the sexual abuse of minor victims, including prepubescent minors, many of which Beck had downloaded from the Internet.
The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney Robert K. Hur, Special Agent in Charge Jennifer C. Boone of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office, and Colonel Woodrow W. Jones III, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police. Beck and the government have agreed that, if the Court accepts the plea agreement, Beck will be sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander has scheduled sentencing for January 28, 2021, at 3:00 p.m.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the government to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.
United States Attorney Robert K. Hur commended the FBI and Maryland State Police for their work in the investigation and thanked the Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office for its assistance. Mr. Hur also thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul E. Budlow, who is prosecuting the federal case.
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Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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