Collins, Missouri Man Sentenced for Child Pornography

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Collins, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for producing and receiving child pornography.

Matthew Maggard, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips to 20 years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Maggard to serve a 15-year term of supervised release following his incarceration.

Maggard pleaded guilty on Feb. 4, 2026, to producing images of a minor for the purpose of manufacturing child pornography. Maggard also pleaded guilty to receiving images of child pornography over the internet. According to court documents, Maggard was identified through an investigation that originated in Minnesota. During a search warrant executed at Maggard's home in Collins, Mo., investigators with the Missouri State Highway Patrol located and seized the defendant's electronic devices. A forensic analysis of the devices located child pornography images, also known as child sexual abuse material (CSAM), the defendant had received over the internet. The forensic examination also located images of a minor victim the defendant had taken using his cell phone on two separate occasions; March 9, 2024, and June 8, 2024.

Maggard will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison and will be subject to federal and state sex offender registration requirements, which may apply throughout his life.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Teresa Moore. It was investigated by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Project Safe Childhood

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 the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc . For more information about Internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab "resources."