Memphis, TN - Carl Goodson Ragsdale, 58, of Bruceton, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 12 years for
distribution, possession, and receipt of child pornography. Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney,
announced the sentence today.
According to information presented in court, in October 2018, Tumblr, Inc., a social networking
website, reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) a cyper tip
about apparent child pornography activity on a blog called "sweetbabygirlsdaddy." Tumblr provided
an email address and IP address for the account and disabled the account. The IP address geolocated
to Bruceton, Tennessee. To assist with the investigation, NCMEC forwarded the tip to local law
enforcement. The Martin Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force contacted the
Federal Bureau of Investigation's Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force. Investigators
identified Carl Goodson Ragsdale, of Bruceton, Tennessee, as the owner and user of the account.
FBI special agents interviewed Ragsdale, who admitted that he used the Tumblr account
"sweetbabygirlsdaddy" to receive and post images, including sexually explicit images of
prepubescent girls. He admitted that he also used a cloud storage site to receive sexually explicit
images of prepubescent children. He told agents that he "constantly" accessed child pornography on
the internet and that he thought about sexual intercourse with women and children "all the time."
Agents reviewed Ragsdale's cell phone and tablet computer and found over 600 images of child sex
abuse and graphic sexually explicit conversations about the children in some of those images of
child sex abuse.
United States Attorney Kevin Ritz said: “Thanks to proactive and significant cooperation between
our office and local and federal law enforcement partners, this defendant was
brought to justice for his abhorrent crimes."
On May 16, 2019, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Ragsdale, charging
him with distribution, possession, and receipt of child pornography. He pled guilty to the charges
on March 25, 2022.
On October 4, United States Chief District Judge S. Thomas Anderson sentenced Ragsdale to 144
months imprisonment, to be followed by lifetime supervised release. Ragsdale must also register as
a sex offender. There is no parole in the federal system.
The case was investigated by the FBI Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Martin
Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
Assistant United States Attorney Lauren Delery prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
