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Date: 05-18-2021
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Case Number: 2:20-cr-04060-RK
Judge: Roseann Ketchmark
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (Cole County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Jefferson City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer presented Defendant charged with transporting child porn over the Internet.
Kevin Michael Downey, 35, was with one count of transporting child pornography. Downey admitted that he uploaded child pornography to his online Dropbox account. Downey was employed as a corrections officer at the Boone County Jail at the time of the offense.
The Boone County Sheriff’s Department received a CyberTip on Aug. 2, 2019, from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, based upon a complaint from Dropbox that Downey had uploaded videos and images of child pornography. Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Downey’s residence on Nov. 27, 2019, and arrested Downey on state charges, which were dismissed following the return of the federal indictment. He was arrested in this federal case on Aug. 20, 2020, and has remained in federal custody since his arrest.
Downey admitted to downloading, viewing, and uploading child pornography to Dropbox. Downey also admitted to trading child pornography with others online. Investigators found more than 700 videos and more than 400 images in Downey’s Dropbox account that depicted the rape and molestation of prepubescent children, some as young as infants and toddlers, as well as children bound and children engaged in sexual activity with animals.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashley S. Turner. It was investigated by the Boone County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department, the Callaway County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department, the Fulton, Mo., Police Department, and the FBI.
ACTIVITIES RE MATERIAL CONSTITUTING/CONTAINING CHILD PORNO
(1)
Outcome: Defendant sentenced to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for a term of 144 months on Count(s) 1 of the Indictment. Supervised release of 10 years w/mandatory, standard, and special conditions imposed. Fine waived. MSA of $100.00 imposed. Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, waived. Restitution: $30,000.
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