Friday, August 03, 2018

Kansas Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Producing Child Pornography


SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Leavenworth, Kan., man was sentenced in federal court today for sexually abusing a 14-year-old victim and recording the abuse on his cell phone.

Cole Ryan Marshall, 19, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips to 18 years in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Marshall to serve the rest of his life on supervised release following incarceration.

On April 12, 2018, Marshall pleaded guilty to the sexual exploitation of a child. Marshall admitted that he engaged in illicit sexual conduct with a 14-year-old child victim and recorded images and videos on his cell phone. The images and videos were taken at a location in Polk County, Mo.

Marshall also admitted that he used Dropbox’s online cloud storage program to store and share child pornography.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ami Harshad Miller. It was investigated by the FBI and the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

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