Date: 07-18-2018

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Case Number: 4:17-cr-00179-DGK-1

Judge: Greg Kays

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (Jackson County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Patrick D. Daly

Defendant's Attorney: Travis Poindexter - FPD

Description: Kansas City, MO - Independence Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography - Faces at Least 15 Years in Priso

An Independence, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court on July 12, 2018 to producing child pornography.

Travis Howard White, 25, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge Greg Kays to the charge contained in a June 1, 2017, federal indictment.

By pleading guilty today, White admitted that he used a 13-year-old victim to produce child pornography on May 14, 2016. White met the child victim on Facebook and they engaged in sexually explicit online chats. During one of those chats, White directed the child victim to produce a pornographic image, which she sent to him.

Under federal statutes, White is subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 30 years in federal prison without parole. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes, as the sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick D. Daly. It was investigated by the FBI.

Project Safe Childhood
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."

Outcome: 07/12/2018 44 ORDER granting motion to continue 42 as to Cynthia Ann Holman (2). Accelerated Jury Trial as to Travis Howard White, Cynthia Ann Holman set for 7/16/2018 is continued to 9/24/2018 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 8D, Kansas City (DGK) before Chief District Judge Greg Kays. Signed on 7/12/2018 by Magistrate Judge John T. Maughmer. (Stepp, Jane) (Entered: 07/12/2018)
07/12/2018 45 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Chief District Judge Greg Kays: CHANGE OF PLEA HEARING held on 7/12/2018. Plea entered as to Travis Howard White (1) Guilty, Count 3s. Time in court: 1:59 p.m. to 2:18 p.m. To order a transcript of this hearing please contact Reggie Lambrecht, 816-512-5623. (Strodtman, Tracy) (Entered: 07/12/2018)

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