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Date: 07-30-2019

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United States of America v. Raymond Larry Edward Kennedy

Case Number: 9:18-cr-00036-DLC

Judge: Dana L. Christensen

Court: United States District Court for the District of Montana (Missoula County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Cyndee Pewterson

Defendant's Attorney: John Rhodes - FPD

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Missoula, MT - Ex-Air Force member from Kalispell sentenced for sexually exploiting children

A former U.S. Air Force service member who admitted using the internet to coerce minor boys into sending him sexually explicit images and videos of themselves was sentenced to 15 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release.

Raymond Larry Edward Kennedy, 24, of Kalispell, pleaded guilty in March to sexual exploitation of a child and to receipt of child pornography.

An investigation began in February 2017, the prosecution said in court records, when the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls contacted an agent with Homeland Security Investigations and member of the Montana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force seeking help with an online child exploitation case involving Kennedy. The Air Force discharged Kennedy on Feb. 6, 2017.

Investigators found that Kennedy met on Snapchat a minor boy who lived in Montana and ultimately determined that Kennedy had met five other minor boys who all lived in Montana. In Kennedy’s online communications with the boys from about July 2015 through June 2017, he coerced them into sending him images and videos of themselves engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The boys were all younger than 18 and lived in Kalispell, Big Fork and Great Falls.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Cyndee Peterson prosecuted the case, which was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Montana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Outcome: 18:2251.F - SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A CHILD
(5) Defendant sentenced to the custody of the BOP for a term of 15 years on count 5 and 5 years on count 7, to run concurrently to count 5 and the Missouri state court sentence. Supervised release for a term of 10 years on count 5 and 5 years on count 7, to run concurrently to count 5. Conditions as stated in open court. Fine waived; mandatory special assessment of $5000 waived. Special assessment of $200 due.
18:2252A.F - RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
(7) Defendant sentenced to the custody of the BOP for a term of 15 years on count 5 and 5 years on count 7, to run concurrently to count 5 and the Missouri state court sentence. Supervised release for a term of 10 years on count 5 and 5 years on count 7, to run concurrently to count 5. Conditions as stated in open court. Fine waived; mandatory special assessment of $5000 waived. Special assessment of $200 due.

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