Fayette County Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Crime

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Clarence Jean Miller, 41, of Oak Hill, pleaded guilty today to distribution of child pornography.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 15, 2025, Miller shared nine photographs and three videos containing child pornography via a cellphone messaging app. The images and videos depict minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Miller is scheduled to be sentenced on March 9, 2027, and faces a mandatory minimum of five years and up to 20 years in prison, at least five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. Miller must also register as a sex offender.

United States Attorney Moore Capito made the announcement and commended the investigative work of the West Virginia State Police-Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC).

Senior United States District Judge David A. Faber presided over the hearing. Assistant United States Attorneys Lesley C. Shamblin and Jennifer D. Gordon are prosecuting the case.

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 the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (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 www.justice.gov/psc.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. Related court documents and information can be found on PACERLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link. by searching for Case No. 2:26-cr-52.

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