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Date: 07-28-2021

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United States of America v. Clinton Anthony Yeats

Case Number: 3:21-cr-05005-MDH

Judge: M. Douglas Harpool

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

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

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Description: Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with enticing a 15-year-old victim through social media to engage in illicit sexual activity.

Clinton Anthony Yeats, 29, was charged with enticing a 15-year-old victim through social media to engage in illicit sexual activity.

Yeats, who pleaded guilty on Feb. 23, 2021, admitted he engaged in an online relationship with the 15-year-old victim, identified in court documents as John Doe. They met through Grindr, a dating application, and communicated online for several months. They also used Snapchat and text messaging to communicate. Yeats solicited and received sexually explicit images of John Doe; Yeats also sent sexually explicit images of himself to John Doe. Yeats and the child victim discussed meeting in person to engage in sexual activity.

The investigation began on Jan. 9, 2020, when Snapchat reported four files that contained child pornography, which had been uploaded by Yeats the day before.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ami Harshad Miller. It was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force.

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."

COERCION OR ENTICEMENT OF FEMALE

Outcome: Defendant was committed to the BOP for 168 months on Count 1; followed by 15 years supervised release. No fine. JVTA waived. $100 MPA. Special conditions of supervised release imposed. Court recommends sex offender treatment at a suitable SOMP facility, UNICOR and dft receive a comprehensive mental health evaluation and services. Dft advised of right to appeal. Dft remanded to custody.

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