KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to using a two-year-old victim to produce child pornography.
Conner Michael Webb, 28, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to one count of producing child pornography.
According to Monday’s plea agreement, the subject of an ongoing federal investigation and prosecution for child pornography in the District of Kansas was arrested in November 2015. Federal agents searched his computer and cell phone and found numerous chat conversations with Webb. During one of those conversations, the Kansas subject (who is not identified in court documents) sent Webb several images and videos of child pornography. Webb sent a pornographic video of the victim, taken with his cell phone, to the Kansas subject.
On Oct. 15, 2015, Webb asked the Kansas Subject to send him something to “get me in the mood” before he picked up the 2-year-old victim, identified in court documents as “Jane Doe.” The Kansas subject sent Webb several images and videos of child pornography on his cell phone. On the afternoon of the same day, Webb sent a pornographic video he had just taken of Jane Doe to the Kansas subject’s cell phone.
According to a news release, federal search warrant was executed at Webb’s residence on Dec. 2, 2015. The release states that officers seized Webb’s computers, phones and computer media. Webb was arrested.
The news release says Webb admitted that he been communicating with the Kansas subject for nearly six years.
Webb could face a minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 30 years in federal prison without parole, under federal statutes. Webb’s sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
