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Date: 11-03-2020

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United States of America v. Charles Junious Adams

Case Number: 2:19-cr-04044-RK

Judge: Willie J. Epps, Jr.

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (Cole County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Jefferson City, Missouri

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Description: Jefferson City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempting to produce child porn.

Charles Junious Adams, 38, was charged with attempting to produce child pornography.

The father of the child victims contacted the Boone County Sheriff’s Department on March 1, 2019, to report that Adams had been communicating with one of his daughters through applications on her iPod. Adams asked her on several occasions to send him nude images and video of herself as well as video of her sister getting out of the shower. She sent him the images and videos and engaged in live chats with Adams several times; each time, she was asked to get naked. Adams also sent sexually explicit videos to the child victim.

The child victim told investigators she initially thought she was talking to a girl, but then a boy started talking and told her he was the girl's brother. The child victim had not seen the face of the person to whom she was talking.

Under federal statutes, Adams is subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 30 years in federal prison without parole. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes, as the sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashley S. Turner. It was investigated by the FBI and the Boone County Sheriff’s Department.

§2251. Sexual exploitation of children

(a) Any person who employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in, or who has a minor assist any other person to engage in, or who transports any minor in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or in any Territory or Possession of the United States, with the intent that such minor engage in, any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct or for the purpose of transmitting a live visual depiction of such conduct, shall be punished as provided under subsection (e), if such person knows or has reason to know that such visual depiction will be transported or transmitted using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or mailed, if that visual depiction was produced or transmitted using materials that have been mailed, shipped, or transported in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer, or if such visual depiction has actually been transported or transmitted using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or mailed.

(b) Any parent, legal guardian, or person having custody or control of a minor who knowingly permits such minor to engage in, or to assist any other person to engage in, sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct or for the purpose of transmitting a live visual depiction of such conduct shall be punished as provided under subsection (e) of this section, if such parent, legal guardian, or person knows or has reason to know that such visual depiction will be transported or transmitted using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or mailed, if that visual depiction was produced or transmitted using materials that have been mailed, shipped, or transported in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer, or if such visual depiction has actually been transported or transmitted using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or mailed.

(c)(1) Any person who, in a circumstance described in paragraph (2), employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in, or who has a minor assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct outside of the United States, its territories or possessions, for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct, shall be punished as provided under subsection (e).

(2) The circumstance referred to in paragraph (1) is that—

(A) the person intends such visual depiction to be transported to the United States, its territories or possessions, by any means, including by using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or mail; or

(B) the person transports such visual depiction to the United States, its territories or possessions, by any means, including by using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or mail.

(d)(1) Any person who, in a circumstance described in paragraph (2), knowingly makes, prints, or publishes, or causes to be made, printed, or published, any notice or advertisement seeking or offering—

(A) to receive, exchange, buy, produce, display, distribute, or reproduce, any visual depiction, if the production of such visual depiction involves the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct and such visual depiction is of such conduct; or

(B) participation in any act of sexually explicit conduct by or with any minor for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct;

shall be punished as provided under subsection (e).

(2) The circumstance referred to in paragraph (1) is that—

(A) such person knows or has reason to know that such notice or advertisement will be transported using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means including by computer or mailed; or

(B) such notice or advertisement is transported using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means including by computer or mailed.

(e) Any individual who violates, or attempts or conspires to violate, this section shall be fined under this title and imprisoned not less than 15 years nor more than 30 years, but if such person has one prior conviction under this chapter, section 1591, chapter 71, chapter 109A, or chapter 117, or under section 920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or under the laws of any State relating to aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, abusive sexual contact involving a minor or ward, or sex trafficking of children, or the production, possession, receipt, mailing, sale, distribution, shipment, or transportation of child pornography, such person shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not less than 25 years nor more than 50 years, but if such person has 2 or more prior convictions under this chapter, chapter 71, chapter 109A, or chapter 117, or under section 920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or under the laws of any State relating to the sexual exploitation of children, such person shall be fined under this title and imprisoned not less than 35 years nor more than life. Any organization that violates, or attempts or conspires to violate, this section shall be fined under this title. Whoever, in the course of an offense under this section, engages in conduct that results in the death of a person, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for not less than 30 years or for life.

Outcome: 11/03/2020 37 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps, Jr: CHANGE OF PLEA HEARING as to Charles Junious Adams held on 11/3/2020. Defendant sworn. The Court found defendant competent to understand the proceedings and to enter a knowing plea. Government read charges and range of punishment. The Court found Plea Agreement to be in proper form. The Court questioned defendant regarding the Plea Agreement and advised defendant of rights waived by pleading guilty. Defendant entered a plea of guilty to Count 1 of the Indictment. Factual basis given for the guilty plea. A Pre-sentence Investigation Report ordered. Court will enter a Report and Recommendation. Defendant remanded to the custody of the US Marshal. Time in court: 1:30 pm to 1:45 pm. To order a transcript of this hearing please contact Angel Geiser, 573-556-7564. (Geiser, Angel) (Entered: 11/03/2020)
11/03/2020 38 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS on Plea of Guilty as to Charles Junious Adams. Objections to R&R due by 11/17/2020 unless otherwise directed by the court. Signed on 11/3/2020 by Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps, Jr.(Geiser, Angel) (Entered: 11/03/2020)
11/03/2020 39 PLEA AGREEMENT as to Charles Junious Adams. (Geiser, Angel) (Entered: 11/03/2020)

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