A registered sex offender from Charlotte, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The announcement was made by Lawrence J. Cameron, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Thomas Robert Boehm III, aged 36, will also be required to register again as a sex offender following his release and pay restitution to his victims.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD). Special Agent in Charge Robert M. DeWitt of the FBI's Charlotte Division and Chief Johnny Jennings of CMPD joined Acting U.S. Attorney Cameron in making the announcement.
Court documents reveal that Boehm's activities were discovered through a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which reported that a Dropbox account user had uploaded several video files containing CSAM. Law enforcement identified Boehm as the user and executed a search warrant on his Dropbox account. A forensic analysis revealed over 6,000 images depicting child sexual abuse, including content involving children under 12 years old and materials portraying sadistic or masochistic conduct.
Boehm had previously been convicted at the state level for taking indecent liberties with a child. On February 22, 2024, he pleaded guilty to possession and access with intent to view child pornography involving prepubescent minors. He remains in federal custody awaiting transfer to a designated federal facility.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine Armstrong prosecuted the case as part of Project Safe Childhood—a nationwide initiative launched by the Justice Department in May 2006 aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.justice.gov/psc.
