Date: 07-20-2018

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Case Number: 6:16-cr-10107-EFM

Judge: Eric P. Melgren

Court: United States District Court for the District of Kansas (Sedgwick County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Jason Hart, Elly Peirson and Lauren Elizabeth Britsch

Defendant's Attorney: Sylvia Penner and Dan Lawrence

Description: Kansas Man Convicted of Producing Child Pornography

A Lindsborg, Kansas man who traveled to the Philippines and had sex with minor females there pleaded guilty to three counts of production of child pornography.

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Stephen R. McAllister of the District of Kansas made the announcement.

Anthony Shultz, 55, helicopter pilot, was charged by complaint in July 2016 and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Eric F. Melgren of the District of Kansas. Sentencing is scheduled for December 6, 2018.

According to admissions made in conjunction with the guilty plea, Shultz engaged in sex acts with minor females in the Philippines. He videotaped his sexual encounters with two minors and transported the videos to his home in Kansas. One of the girls was only 12 years old at the time; the other was 15 years old. In one of the videos, Shultz is seen giving the 15-year-old money after having sex with her. Shultz also produced child pornography of an 8-year-old girl in the Philippines by communicating on Skype with the child’s mother and directing the mother to expose the child’s genitals and live-stream it on web camera.

The FBI investigated the case. Trial Attorney Lauren E. Britsch of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Hart of the District of Kansas prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

Outcome: 07/18/2018 140 MINUTE ENTRY for proceedings held before District Judge Eric F. Melgren: CHANGE OF PLEA HEARING as to Anthony Shultz held on 7/18/2018. The Court took a recess to allow counsel to visit with their client. The hearing will reconvene at 3:00 p.m. (Court Reporter Jo Wilkinson.) (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no.pdf document associated with this entry.) (cm) (Entered: 07/18/2018)
07/18/2018 141 NOTICE OF CONTINUANCE OF CHANGE OF PLEA HEARING. The Court took a recess from the previously scheduled plea hearing to allow the defendant and his counsel to discuss a few matters. The plea hearing will reconvene as noted below. The time from the original notice until the change of plea hearing is excludable time for speedy trial purposes. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no.pdf document associated with this entry.) Change of Plea Hearing set for 7/18/2018 at 03:00 PM in Wichita Courtroom 408 (EFM) before District Judge Eric F. Melgren. (cm) (Entered: 07/18/2018)
07/18/2018 142 MINUTE ENTRY for proceedings held before District Judge Eric F. Melgren: CHANGE OF PLEA HEARING as to Anthony Shultz held on 7/18/2018. SENTENCING set for 12/6/2018 at 10:00 AM in Wichita Courtroom 408 (EFM) before District Judge Eric F. Melgren. (Court Reporter Jo Wilkinson.) (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no.pdf document associated with this entry.) (cm) (Entered: 07/18/2018)
07/18/2018 143 ORDER: at the conclusion of the sentencing hearing the Court granted the withdrawing 45 Motion for Disclosure as to Anthony Shultz (1); denying as having no relevance 126 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice; denying as having no relevance 127 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice; denying as having no relevance 128 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice; and withdrawing 133 Sealed Motion as to Anthony Shultz (1). Signed by District Judge Eric F. Melgren on 7/18/2018. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no.pdf document associated with this entry.) (cm) (Entered: 07/18/2018)
07/18/2018 144 PETITION TO ENTER PLEA OF GUILTY AND ORDER ENTERING PLEA as to Anthony Shultz (1) Counts 2s, 5s & 7s. Signed by District Judge Eric F. Melgren on 07/18/2018. (aa) (Entered: 07/19/2018)
07/18/2018 145 PLEA AGREEMENT as to Anthony Shultz re 144 Petition and Order to Enter Plea of Guilty. (aa) (Entered: 07/19/2018)

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