Blue Springs Man Sentenced to Life for Child Pornography
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Blue Springs man who is a registered sex offender has been sentenced to life in federal prison for creating videos of his sexual assault of a child.
William G. Weiss, 40, of Blue Springs, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to life in federal prison without parole.
Weiss was required to register as a sex offender due to his prior felony convictions for attempted statutory sodomy of two other child victims. This case marked the first prosecution in the Western District of Missouri under a federal statute that classifies violent crimes against children. The statute mandates a life sentence if a defendant with a prior sex conviction (in which the victim was a child) is convicted of a federal sex offense in which the victim is a child.
On November 21, 2012, Weiss pleaded guilty to producing child pornography. Weiss admitted that he used an 8-to-9-year-old minor, identified as Jane Doe, to produce child pornography.
Law enforcement officers discovered a video of child pornography on Weiss’s cell phone during an investigation into his sexual assault of another minor. Investigators found a self-produced video of Weiss having sexual intercourse with Jane Doe, whom he identified as the daughter of a friend. Investigators found two more child pornography movies that depicted the same child victim, Jane Doe, on Weiss’s computer. Weiss admitted that he had sexually assaulted her eight to 10 times.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Teresa Moore. It was investigated by the Lee’s Summit, Mo., Police Department.
A nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the U.S. Attorneys’ 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. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood.
Defendant: William G. Weiss
Criminal Charges: Producing child pornography
City and State: Blue Springs, Missouri
Exact Date: November 21, 2012
Sentence or Outcome: Life in federal prison without parole
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
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- William Lee Potts, Child Pornography Production, Missouri 2019 · Iowa
- Addison Jones, Attempted Production of Child Pornography, Missouri 2023 · Kansas
- Steven Michael George, Distributed Child Pornography, Missouri 2023 · Kansas
- Addison Jones, Attempted Production of Child Pornography, Missouri 2023 · Kansas
Key Facts
- State: Missouri
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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