A Kansas City, Missouri man was charged on Mar. 19 with attempting to produce child pornography while being required to register as a sex offender, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.
Addison Jones, 28, faces charges in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City for attempted production of child pornography and for committing this crime while under sex offender registration requirements. According to an affidavit filed with the complaint, Jones allegedly communicated over the internet with a 10-year-old boy in an attempt to obtain images depicting sexually explicit conduct by the minor.
The charges are accusations at this stage and not evidence of guilt. “Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Teresa A. Moore, who is prosecuting the case. The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation.
This prosecution is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse. The project brings together federal, state, and local resources to prosecute individuals who exploit children and rescue victims.
The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri supports community outreach and prevention programs addressing issues such as violent crime and drug trafficking, according to the official website. The office has locations in Kansas City, Jefferson City, and Springfield and handles federal prosecutions across 66 counties from Iowa’s border in the north to Arkansas’s border in the south and from Kansas’s border westward halfway across Missouri eastward according to its official website. The office collaborates with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners according to its official website.
Project Safe Childhood provides more information about its efforts at www.usdoj.gov/psc.
