Haysville man instructed Australian to create and send him child pornography

WICHITA, KAN. - A Kansas man was sentenced to 210 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release after he directed a foreign national living in another country to create child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and send him the images.

According to court documents, Ronald Waltrip, 62, of Haysville pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a child - production of child pornography.

Waltrip used a social media account to exchange messages with an adult male in Australia. The messages show that Waltrip asked about a six-year-old child who was in the man's custody and directed him to engage in sexual acts with the child. The man complied and at Waltrip's request, created images of the child sexual abuse. The Australian man sent CSAM recordings to Waltrip.

"Waltrip and his co-conspirator may be on different continents, but they share the same evil fantasies. Waltrip's crime is so egregious that even after he gets out of prison, he will be under the supervision of probationary officers for the rest of his life," said U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, and Wichita Police Department investigated the case.

Project Safe Childhood
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and CEOS, 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. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

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