Crimes against Children 10-30-12

Belleville, IL
A Belleville man was sentenced on October 29, 2012, following his plea of guilty to a three-count indictment charging him with enticement of a minor (count one), transfer of obscene matter to a minor (count two), and transportation of child pornography (count three), the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Jack C. Baldwin, Jr., 46, of Belleville, Ill., was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment on count one, 10 years’ imprisonment on count two, and 20 years’ imprisonment on count three, all to run concurrently.

The investigation revealed that Baldwin, who was 45 years old at the time, sent the victim, who he knew to be 11 years old at the time, two pictures of his nude, erect penis using his cellular phone, with one of the pictures being sent on December 10, 2011. It also revealed that, between December 10 and December 13, 2011, Baldwin persuaded and induced the victim to send Baldwin a picture of the victim’s genitalia. A forensic review of the cellular phone Baldwin used to send and receive the pictures was conducted, and revealed that Baldwin sent the photograph of the victim from his cellular telephone account to his e-mail account on December 13, 2011.

Birmingham, AL
A federal grand jury today indicted a Decatur man for producing, distributing, receiving, and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Robert E. Haley III.

A four-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges STEVEN ANDREW THOMAS, 43, with inducing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct, between December 2009 and December 2011 in Morgan County, for the purpose of producing a picture of that conduct. Thomas also is charged with distributing child pornography via the Internet in September 2011; receiving child pornography via the Internet in November 2011; and possessing child pornography in December 2011.

In a separate child exploitation case, the grand jury charged JOSEPH WAYNE KING, 54, of Oklahoma, with failing to register as a convicted sex offender in Alabama after moving from Oklahoma to Madison County in February. The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act requires convicted sex offenders to register and update their registration as sex offenders wherever they live, attend school, or are employed.