SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Chanute, Kansas, man serving with the Military Nationwide Guard was sentenced in federal court docket immediately for sexually exploiting an 11-year-old southwest Missouri sufferer to provide youngster pornography.
Christian Sinclair, 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Decide Stephen R. Bough to 16 years in federal jail with out parole. The court docket additionally sentenced Sinclair to fifteen years of supervised launch following incarceration.
On March 2, 2022, Sinclair pleaded responsible to at least one rely of the sexual exploitation of a kid. Sinclair admitted that he used a minor to provide youngster pornography from Aug. 1, 2020, by June 15, 2021.
In accordance with Sinclair’s plea settlement, a captain within the Kansas Nationwide Guard contacted the Sierra Vista, Arizona, police division on June 15, 2021, whereas his unit was deployed to Arizona. The captain reported that Sinclair, one of many troopers in his command, was sexting an 11-year-old youngster in Missouri. Sinclair’s fiancée had reported to the captain earlier the identical day that she had screenshots between herself and Sinclair through which Sinclair admitted to “dishonest” on her with an 11-year-old youngster.
The kid sufferer informed investigators that she had despatched Sinclair a number of pornographic movies and pictures of herself by way of Snapchat at Sinclair’s request. Sinclair admitted that he additionally despatched pornographic pictures of himself to the kid sufferer by way of Snapchat.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Lawyer Stephanie L. Wan. It was investigated by the Joplin, Mo., Police Division, the FBI, the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Process Pressure, the Lamar, Mo., Police Division, the Sierra Vista, Arizona, Police Division, and the Chanute, Kan., Police Division.
Challenge Secure Childhood
This case was introduced as a part of Challenge Secure Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in Could 2006 by the Division of Justice to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by america Attorneys’ Places of work and the Felony Division’s Little one Exploitation and Obscenity Part, Challenge Secure Childhood marshals federal, state, and native assets to find, apprehend, and prosecute people who sexually exploit kids, and to determine and rescue victims. For extra details about Challenge Secure Childhood, please go to www.usdoj.gov/psc . For extra details about Web security training, please go to www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on on the tab “assets.”
