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Date: 09-07-2022
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United States of America v. Billy Rae Clark
Case Number: 6:21-cr-03074
Judge: Brain C. Wimes
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (Greene County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Springfield, Missouri criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of two child victims.
On April 12, 2022, Billy Rae Clark, age 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of the sexual exploitation of a child. Clark admitted that he secretly recorded a 15-year-old minor, identified in court documents as Jane Doe 1, while she was in the bathroom taking a shower. Clark positioned his cell phone in the bathroom so that it faced the shower and used it to record video of the child victim. Jane Doe 1 discovered the cell phone and the video; she reported it to another person, who then contacted law enforcement.
When investigators searched Clark’s cell phone, they also found 19 images of a second child victim, an 11-year-old identified in court documents as Jane Doe 2, including images of child pornography.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ami Harshad Miller. It was investigated by the Taney County, Mo., Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations and the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force.
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
(1-2)
Outcome: FBOP for 204 months as to counts 1 and 2, the terms to run concurrent; followed by supervised release for 30 years on each count, to run concurrently. MPA $200. Dft remanded into custody.
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