Matthew M. Graves U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Rashid Lamont McFadden, a 29-year-old from Baltimore, Maryland, has been sentenced to 114 months in prison for distributing child sexual abuse materials. The U.S. District Court handed down the sentence following McFadden's guilty plea on May 29, 2024, to one count of distribution of child pornography.
The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean T. Ryan of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Division. In addition to his prison term, Judge Carl J. Nichols ordered McFadden to serve 15 years of supervised release.
Court documents reveal that on February 16, 2023, an undercover officer from the FBI Washington Field Office monitored an online messaging app where explicit images and videos were traded. The officer identified a user named "tng6," later revealed as McFadden, who posted exploitative content and engaged in discussions about meeting other pedophiles.
McFadden continued sharing videos during chats with the undercover officer and claimed familiarity with some children depicted in them. On February 17, Baltimore Police arrested him on unrelated charges. A subsequent search at his home uncovered more incriminating evidence.
Currently facing additional charges for possession of child pornography in Maryland's Circuit Court for Baltimore County, McFadden's case was investigated by the FBI Washington Field Office’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force along with local law enforcement agencies.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Shinskie prosecuted the case under the Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood initiative aimed at combating online exploitation and abuse since its inception in February 2006.
For further information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
