Wilmer Flores Mejia, Child Pornography, Maryland 2019

Greenbelt, Maryland – A Cheverly man has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for coercing a minor to produce child pornography.

U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced 44-year-old Wilmer Flores Mejia, a naturalized citizen of the United States residing in Cheverly, Maryland, to 14 years in federal prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for coercion and enticement of a minor to produce child pornography.

The sentence was imposed on June 13, 2019.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur and Special Agent in Charge Jennifer C. Boone of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office.

According to his plea agreement, in December 2015, Flores Mejia used a messaging application to communicate with the victim, who was a 15-year-old boy living in El Salvador. During the course of a sexually explicit conversation, Flores Mejia agreed to pay the victim to send Flores Mejia a sexually explicit photograph of himself, which the victim did.

Flores Mejia’s messaging account showed that he had engaged in other sexually explicit conversation with minor boys on several occasions. Cellular phones seized from Flores Mejia contain conversations with minor boys, including regarding sexual topics. A federal search warrant executed at the residence of Flores Mejia in Maryland also recovered a notebook which contained the names and ages of boys from a village in El Salvador, including the name and age of the victim.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/cheverly-man-sentenced-14-years-federal-prison-enticing-and-coercing-minor-produce-child