A Raytown, Missouri man has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison without parole for producing and possessing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs handed down the sentence to Cecil Pulluaim, 54, on Tuesday. After his release from prison, Pulluaim will be subject to supervised release for life.
Pulluaim pleaded guilty to recording himself sexually abusing a minor victim and possessing images of the abuse. According to court documents, he admitted to creating videos of the abuse on at least ten occasions between April 27 and June 15, 2023. The investigation began after authorities received a report that Pulluaim had produced child pornography involving the minor victim.
Raytown Police officers seized Pulluaim’s cell phone during their investigation. A forensic analysis by the United States Secret Service uncovered videos documenting the abuse as well as several photos made by taking screenshots from those videos.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Luna prosecuted the case, which was investigated by both the Raytown Police Department and the United States Secret Service.
“This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc . For more information about Internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab ‘resources.'”
