Hattiesburg, Miss. – Charles Ezekiel Spangler, 38, of Wiggins, has entered a guilty plea in federal court for the transportation of child pornography. The announcement came from U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the FBI.
Spangler was pinpointed by the FBI following an alert from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which indicated he uploaded explicit images of minors to his Tumblr account in June 2018.
Scheduled for sentencing on March 8, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. in Hattiesburg, Spangler stands to be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. The sentence will be determined by a federal district judge after reviewing the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Jones is handling the prosecution for this case, which is part of Project Safe Childhood – an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in 2006 to tackle child sexual exploitation and abuse. For more information on Project Safe Childhood, visit www.usdoj.gov/psc.
The FBI is collaborating with the Mississippi Attorney General’s Cyber Crimes Division to investigate this case.
Under the nationwide initiative Project Safe Childhood, federal, state, and local resources are mobilized to apprehend and prosecute those who sexually exploit children and identify victims. For updates on this investigation and others like it, stay tuned to Grimy Times and follow Project Safe Childhood.
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Key Facts
- State: Mississippi
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Cybercrime|Sex Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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