William Patrick King, Child Sex Exploitation, Alaska 2023

A 37-year-old Maryland man has been sentenced to serve a total of 43 years in federal prison for child sex exploitation in Alaska.

William Patrick King, 37, was charged in Alaska federal court for attempted production of child pornography involving a minor victim in Anchorage.

According to the investigation, King targeted the 15-year-old victim through the use of social media applications, attempted to extort and threaten the victim to self-produce images and videos depicting child pornography.

King went so far as to photoshop images in an attempt to blackmail the victim into self-producing child exploitation images.

The victim exhibited admirable poise under the circumstances and promptly reported King's threats to her Anchorage Police Department School Resource Officers.

U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason commended the victim for her courage and maturity during sentencing.

Anchorage Police Department was also praised for their work in the investigation of this case, which was conducted with the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Child Exploitation Task Force.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Alexander.

King was sentenced to serve 35 years in federal prison, with 8 years to run consecutive to his Florida sentence, followed by lifetime supervised release.

King was previously sentenced in the Middle District of Florida to serve 35 years in federal prison for substantially similar conduct.

U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder stated, 'A survivor's report of sexual exploitation to law enforcement is an act of bravery that greatly assists efforts to identify and prosecute dangerous offenders.'

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ak/pr/serial-sex-offender-sentenced-alaska-and-florida-serve-total-43-years-federal-prison