Former School Resource Officer Sentenced for Receipt of Child Pornography

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Mack's Creek, Mo., man was sentenced to nine years imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release for his conviction of receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).

Darrin Marshall Skinner, 52, was sentenced before District Judge Stephen R. Bough, for one count of receipt of CSAM.

Skinner, who worked as a school resource officer in Mack's Creek and was employed by the Camden County Sheriff's Office, traded child sexual abuse material with other individuals using MeWe, an application which focuses on the privacy of its users. A National Center for Missing and Exploitive Children (NCMEC) Cyber Tip alerted the Camden County Sheriff's Office of Skinner's conduct. Due to a conflict of interest, the Camden County Sheriff's office requested the Missouri State Highway Patrol investigate.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashley S. Turner. It was investigated by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, The Camden County Prosecutor's Office, and the Camden County Sheriff's Office.

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."

Skinner 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.