(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri)
A Lebanon, Mo., sex offender has been indicted by a federal grand jury for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.
George Wayne Scott, 62, of Lebanon, was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017.
The federal indictment alleges that Scott received and distributed child pornography over the Internet on Feb. 28, 2017.
Scott has prior felony convictions for crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual activity with a minor, transporting a minor across state lines for illicit sexual activity, coercion and enticement, receiving and distributing child pornography and possessing child pornography. Due to his status as a convicted sex offender, the indictment carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in federal prison without parole upon conviction.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ami Harshad Miller. It was investigated by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Lebanon, Mo., Police Department and the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force.
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