Ashland, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with production of child pornography and distribution of child pornography.

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Law enforcement received information that a subject had distributed child abuse material on Kik Messenger, along with messages that indicated that he had been sexually abusing three minor children. Law enforcement located Clay Davenport, age 31, of Morehead, Kentucky and Davenport admitted he was responsible for distributing the image of child sexual abuse material and he also admitted that he was part of a group related to the sexual exploitation of children. Upon search, law enforcement found that Davenport had produced additional sexually explicit images of three minor children and attempted to produce images of a fourth minor victim, and he admitted to taking the explicit images in his home.



Davenport pleaded guilty in November 2022.



Under federal law, Davenport must serve 85 percent of his prison sentence. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for 15 years.



Carlton S. Shier, IV, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Jerry Templet, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); and Col. Phillip Burnett, Commissioner, Kentucky State Police, jointly announced the sentence.



The investigation was conducted by the DHS-HSI and KSP. The United States was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin Roth.



18:2251(a) PRODUCTION OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS INVOLVING MINOR ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT USING MEANS OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE

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18:2251(a) PRODUCTION OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS INVOLVING MINOR ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT USING MEANS OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE

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Defendant was sentenced to 540 months in prison. if ever release, Defendant will be subject to supervised release for 15 years. He was also ordered to $12,000 in restitution and assessed $200.00.