A Kansas man was sentenced to more than 28 years in prison for conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a child (production of child pornography) following a joint investigation between Homeland Security Investigations, commonly called HSI, and the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
According to court documents, Dillon Everman, 30, of Parsons, Kansas, admitted in his guilty plea that he encouraged his 26-year-old co-defendant, Dustin Strom, to sexually abuse two young children and send him images of the abuse. Everman then saved the images and created a shareable link that he made available to Strom and others.
In October, a judge sentenced Strom, also of Parsons, to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a child (production of child pornography).
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Molly Gordon and Jason Hart prosecuted the case.
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Project Safe Childhood
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States attorneys' 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 individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.
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