Steven H. Taylor, Child Pornography Distribution, Missouri 2016

Kansas City Man Sentenced for Distributing Child Pornography

A Kansas City man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for attempting to distribute child pornography over the Internet.

Steven H. Taylor, 26, of Kansas City-North, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark on March 10, 2016, to eight years in federal prison without parole.

Taylor pleaded guilty on Dec. 30, 2015, to one count of distributing child pornography.

An undercover federal agent identified Taylor's computer as sharing images of child pornography over the Internet through a peer-to-peer file-sharing network. The agent downloaded a video file of child pornography from Taylor's computer.

Investigators identified more than 30 images and 39 videos of child pornography on Taylor's computers, including a 33-minute video depicting an adult male sodomizing a young female approximately 12 years of age.

Taylor has paid $3,000 in restitution to one of the victims portrayed in the child pornography collection.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Catherine A. Connelly and investigated by the FBI and the Nixa, Mo., Police Department.

Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006, is a federal effort to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/northland-man-sentenced-child-porn