Cleburne County Man Sentenced to 36 Years in Prison for Transportation of Child Pornography

ANNISTON, Ala. - A Cleburne County man has been sentenced for his involvement in crimes against children, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Crosby.

U.S. District Judge Corey L. Maze sentenced Magnus Clark, 31, of Heflin, Alabama, to 432 months in prison, followed by a life term of supervised release. In January, Clark pleaded guilty to one count of transportation of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. These convictions will require Clark to register as a sex offender in accordance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).

According to the plea agreement, between November 2023 and June 2024, Clark uploaded child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to Snapchat and Kik social media applications. During a federal search warrant for Clark's residence executed in June 2024, Clark admitted to federal agents that he viewed CSAM and used various file sharing applications to trade CSAM videos and images with others. A forensic analysis of Clark's devices revealed more than 1,000 videos and 761 images of CSAM.

FBI Birmingham's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force investigated the case along with the ALEA SBI, and the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Leann White prosecuted the case.

If you suspect or become aware of the possible sexual exploitation of a child, please contact law enforcement. To alert the FBI Birmingham Office, call 205-326-6166. Reports can also be filed with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) or online at https://www.cybertipline.org.Links 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.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. 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 and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.projectsafechildhood.govLinks 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..