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Date: 09-19-2021

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United States of America v. Kristen Naylor-Legg

Case Number: 2:21-cr-00062

Judge: Joseph R. Goodwin

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (Kanawha County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

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Description: Charleston, WV: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sex trafficking a 17-year-old female.

Kristen Naylor-Legg, 28, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a minor under the age of 18.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on two separate occasions in June 2020, Naylor-Legg entered into an agreement with her co-defendant, Larry Allen Clay, Jr., to provide him with her 17-year-old minor female relative and Clay would pay Naylor-Legg to engage in sexual intercourse with the minor. At the time, Clay was an employee of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department and the Chief of Police for the Gauley Bridge Police Department. Naylor-Legg admitted that on the first occasion she was paid $100 by Clay. On the second occasion, Naylor-Legg indicated that Clay had agreed to pay her $50 in exchange for sexual intercourse with the minor but ultimately did not give her the money.

Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Rada Herrald is handling the prosecution.

Co-defendant Larry Allen Clay, Jr., is charged with conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a minor via coercion and sex trafficking of a minor via coercion. Clay’s trial is set for November 9, 2021. Note: Charges contained in indictments are allegations and defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative of the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorney’s 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 those who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN OR BY FORCE, FRAUD OR COERCION
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SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN OR BY FORCE, FRAUD OR COERCION
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SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN OR BY FORCE, FRAUD OR COERCION
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SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN OR BY FORCE, FRAUD OR COERCION
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SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN OR BY FORCE, FRAUD OR COERCION
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SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN OR BY FORCE, FRAUD OR COERCION
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Outcome: 09/15/2021 103 PLEA HEARING as to Kristen Naylor-Legg held by Judge Joseph R. Goodwin on 9/15/2021; Court Reporter: Kimberly Kaufman. (rac)
09/15/2021 104 ORDER as to Kristen Naylor-Legg. Upon hearing held 9/15/2021. Letter-form plea agreement and written plea of guilty executed. Defendant remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Presentence Investigation Report Deadline 11/24/2021. Sentencing set for 12/9/2021 at 10:00 AM in Charleston before Judge Joseph R. Goodwin. Sentencing Memorandum due by 12/2/2021. Signed by Judge Joseph R. Goodwin on 9/15/2021. (cc: Judge, USA, USP, USM, counsel, deft) (tmr)
09/15/2021 105 ORDER as to Kristen Naylor-Legg; directing counsel for each party to file a sentencing memorandum in this matter by 12/2/2021. Signed by Judge Joseph R. Goodwin on 9/15/2021. (cc: Judge, USA, USP, USM, counsel, deft) (tmr)
09/15/2021 106 WRITTEN PLEA OF GUILTY by Defendant Kristen Naylor-Legg. (tmr)
09/15/2021 107 PLEA AGREEMENT as to Kristen Naylor-Legg. (cc: U.S. Probation Office) (Rada Herrald, Jennifer)
09/15/2021 PROBATION OFFICER ASSIGNMENT FOR PRESENTENCE REPORT as to Kristen Naylor-Legg: Kiara Carper (tmp)

Naylor-Legg faces up to life in prison when she is sentenced on December 9, 2021. She will also be required to register as a sex offender.

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