United States of America v. Cory Todd Cox

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of receipt and distribution of child sexual abuse material. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br>
Three-Time Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br>
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Cory Todd Cox, 38, of Noblesville, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, after pleading guilty to two counts of receipt and distribution of child sexual abuse material.<br>
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According to court documents, on November 28, 2023, Cox sent and received multiple images of child sexual abuse material via text message. The images contained graphic depictions of prepubescent minors.<br>
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On December 6, 2023, Noblesville Police Officers executed search warrants for Cox's residence. During the search, officers recovered three cellular devices he used to transmit, view, and store child sexual abuse material. Cox further admitted he possessed a Dropbox account, which is a cloud-based storage website, that contained approximately 5 videos and 31 images of child sexual abuse material.<br>
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At the time of this arrest, Cox was on probation for a 2017 offense and was a registered sex offender. He had been previously convicted of multiple sexual abuse crimes, including sexual misconduct with a minor in 2007, sexual battery in 2008, and child solicitation in 2017, in which he was caught soliciting sex from a thirteen-year-old via Facebook Messenger.<br>
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"Despite his history as a dangerous contact sex offender, the defendant chose to reoffend. His actions ensure that images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children will circulate in perpetuity, which unequivocally contributes to the trauma experienced by the abused children depicted in his collection,” said Tom Wheeler, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. "He has no place in civilized society and will spend the next 15 years in federal prison where he belongs, thanks to the important work of the U.S. Secret Service and Noblesville Police Department.”<br>
"The U.S. Secret Service is dedicated to protecting children from sexual predators and will vigorously pursue repeat offenders. This defendant's lengthy criminal history and propensity to reoffend is beyond disturbing,” said Special Agent in Charge Ike Barnes, of the U.S. Secret Service's Indianapolis Field Office. "I commend the work of the Noblesville Police Department, our partners, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Indiana for bringing this man to justice.”<br>
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The U.S. Secret Service and Noblesville Police Department investigated this case. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt. <br>
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U.S. Attorney Wheeler thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Carolyn Haney and MaryAnn T. Mindrum, who prosecuted this case. <br>
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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 U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 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.<br>
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If you are a victim of childsexual exploitation, please contact your local police department. Resources for victims of child exploitation can be found on our website at https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/project-safe-childhood.

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