Federal grand jury indicts Reeds Spring sex offender for sexual exploitation of a minor

(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri)

A convicted sex offender in Reeds Spring, Mo., has been indicted by a federal grand jury for the sexual exploitation of a minor.

Jeffrey Raymond Everett, Jr., 22, of Reeds Spring, was charged in a two-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield, Mo., on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. Everett has a prior state conviction for possessing child pornography.

The federal indictment alleges that Everett used a minor to produce child pornography from April 20 to April 30, 2017. Everett is also charged with using the Internet and a cell phone to attempt to entice the minor to engage in illicit sexual activity.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ami Harshad Miller. It was investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force and the Monett, Mo., Police Department.