Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Mansfield man sentenced on child pornography charge

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

Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Mansfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.

Mathew Taylor Cox, 49, of Mansfield, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Greg Kays to eight years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Cox to forfeit to the government a desktop computer, two computer hard drives and 938 CDs and DVDs that contain images and videos of child pornography.

On Sept. 4, 2013, Cox pleaded guilty to one count of receiving and distributing child pornography (between May 1, 2008, and March 31, 2011) and one count of possessing child pornography (on Dec. 20, 2011).

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Abram McGull, II. It was investigated by the FBI, the Nixa, Mo., Police Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

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