Date: 01-30-2020

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Case Number: 5:18-cr-03413-KG

Judge: Kenneth J. Gonzales

Court: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Dona Ana County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Marisa A. Ong and Dustin C. Segovia

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Description: Las Cruces, NM - The United States of America charged Dain Justin Adams with distribution, receipt and possession of child porn.

A federal jury in Las Cruces, New Mexico returned a verdict on January 28 convicting Dain Justin Adams, 38, of Roswell, New Mexico, of child pornography charges including distribution, receipt, and possession of sexually explicit material.

A grand jury previously returned a fourth superseding indictment on Dec. 17, 2019, charging Adams with two counts of distribution and one count each of possession, receipt, and conspiracy to produce visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The indictment also charged Adams with one count of traveling across state lines with the intent to commit aggravated sexual abuse. The conduct charged in the indictment covered the period from July 3, 2012, to June 27, 2018. The jury returned a guilty verdict convicting Adams of each count except for traveling across state lines with the intent to commit aggravated sexual abuse.

According to public court records and trial testimony, law enforcement officers identified an internet protocol address at a residence in Roswell that was being used to access child pornography. Officers traced this IP address to Adams’s home. Law enforcement executed a search warrant at the location on June 27, 2018, and found child pornography on electronic devices, including computers. The evidence at trial connected Adams to this child pornography.

A co-defendant in the case, Jade Tiffany Laurezo, 35, Maigao Iloilo, Philippines previously pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2019, to production of a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Laurezo testified at trial about chat messages she exchanged with Adams discussing their plans to acquire children as sex slaves and sexually abuse these children together.

Adams in currently in custody awaiting sentencing. He faces 15 to 30 years in prison for conspiracy to produce, 10 to 20 years in prison for possession, and five to 20 years in prison for distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Laurezo is also scheduled to be sentenced at a later date.

The Roswell office of the FBI investigated this case with assistance from the FBI’s Las Cruces office, Homeland Security Investigations, the Chaves County Sheriff’s Department, the Las Cruces Police Department, and the Regional Computer Forensics Lab in Albuquerque.

Charges:

18:2252A(a)(5)(B)(b)(2) and 2256: POSSESSION OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(1)
18:2252A(a)(5)(B), (b)(2), and 2256: POSSESSION OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(1s)
18:2252A(a)(5)(B), (b)(2), and 2256: POSSESSION OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(1ss)
18:2252A(a)(5)(B), (b)(2), and 2256: POSSESSION OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(1sss)
18:2251(a), (e), and 2256: CONSPIRACY TO PRODUCE VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGING IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(2s)
18:2251(a), (e), and 2256: CONSPIRACY TO PRODUCE VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGING IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(2ss)
18:2251(a),(e), and 2256: CONSPIRACY TO PRODUCE VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGING IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(2sss)
18:2252A(a)(2), (b)(1), 2256: RECEIPT OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(3ss)
18:2252A(a)(2), (b)(1), 2256: RECEIPT OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(3sss)
18:2252A(a)(2)(b)(1), 2256: DISTRIBUTION OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(4-5)
18:2252A(a)(2), (b)(1), 2256: DISTRIBUTION OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(4s)
18:2241(c) and 18:2: AIDING AND ABETTING AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE
(4ss)
18:2252A(a)(2), (b)(1), 2256: DISTRIBUTION OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(5ss-7ss)
18:2252A(a)(2), (b)(1), 2256: DISTRIBUTION OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(5sss-6sss)
18:2252A(a)(2), (b)(1), 2256: DISTRIBUTION OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(7s)
18:1466A(a)(1): DISTRIBUTION OF OBSCENE MATERIAL
(9s)
18:2252A(a)(2), (b)(1), 2256: DISTRIBUTION OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(11s)
18:2252A(a)(2), (b)(1), 2256: DISTRIBUTION OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT
(13s)

Outcome: 01/28/2020 203 Court's Jury Instructions as to Dain Justin Adams by District Judge Kenneth J. Gonzales (bc) (Entered: 01/28/2020)
01/28/2020 204 INSTRUCTION read prior to recorded interviews are played as to Dain Justin Adams (bc) (Entered: 01/28/2020)
01/28/2020 207 REDACTED DOCUMENT: JURY TRIAL QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY JUROR as to Dain Justin Adams (bc) (Entered: 01/28/2020)
01/28/2020 208 REDACTED DOCUMENT: VERDICT as to Dain Justin Adams (bc) (Entered: 01/29/2020)
01/28/2020 209 ORDER DECLARING MISTRIAL AS TO COUNT 4 by District Judge Kenneth J. Gonzales as to Dain Justin Adams (bc) (Entered: 01/29/2020)

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