United States of America v. Donald Lee Collins

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sexual Abuse

Ft. Campbell Soldier Sentenced to 87 Months in Federal Prison on Child Sexual Abuse Charges

Donald Lee Collins, 41, of Clarksville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of a minor and one count of attempted transfer of obscene material to an individual under the age of sixteen



In late December 2019, Collins and the minor victim, who was the daughter of a friend, connected over Facebook Messenger and began exchanging sexually explicit messages and images. On the night of December 31, 2019, the minor victim spent the night at Collins' house with his teenage daughter. The next morning, Collins sexually abused the minor victim at his home. Then, as he drove the minor victim to her father's house on Fort Campbell, Collins again sexually abused the minor victim both before driving through the gate at Fort Campbell and after they entered the Army base. Collins continued to engage in sexually explicit communication with the minor victim over Facebook Messenger after January 1, 2020.



As a result of this conduct, Collins was other than honorably discharged by the Army.



This case was investigated by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Nashville Field Office, Clarksville Resident Agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Monica R. Morrison prosecuted the case.