Brian J. Roberts, a registered sex offender from Washington Court House, Ohio, has been convicted of sexually exploiting a minor and possessing child pornography. He admitted to sharing images of child sexual abuse, including infants and toddlers, and physically abusing a young boy. Federal agents investigated Roberts after discovering his activity on dark web sites dedicated to child sexual abuse.
A registered sex offender from Washington Court House, Ohio, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to charges of sexually exploiting a minor and possessing child pornography. Brian J. Roberts, 44, admitted to sharing child pornography involving infants and toddlers and sexually abusing a young boy. According to court documents, federal agents began investigating Roberts due to his activities on various dark web sites dedicated to the sexual abuse of children.
Roberts exploited an approximately 3-year-old boy from November 2022 until August 2023, uploading videos and photos of the abuse. One video, titled 'Preview.mp4,' showed more than three minutes of Roberts abusing the child and ended with the words 'NEXT TIME...POTTY FUN!' Roberts uploaded 195 images to one dark web site, with more than 100 images focusing on the sexual abuse of babies and toddlers as young as three weeks old. At the time of his online conduct, Roberts was a twice-convicted sex offender with prior convictions in Madison and Clark counties. He also had an active warrant in Highland County for telecommunications harassment toward a family member of the 3-year-old boy, based on his alleged attempts to contact the child. Sexually exploiting a minor is a federal crime punishable by 15 to 30 years in prison, while possessing child pornography carries a potential penalty of up to 20 years. If the court finds that Roberts’s prior conviction qualifies as a predicate offense, he could face 25 to 50 years in prison for exploitation and 10 to 20 years for possession
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