Convicted Sex Offender Indicted in Federal Court on Multiple Charges of Sexual Exploitation of Children

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A Madison County man has been indicted on multiple child sexual exploitation charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona.

A five-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges John Justin McCall, 53, of Madison, Alabama, with four counts of sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of child pornography.

According to the indictment, on several occasions between May 2023 and October 2023, McCall coerced and enticed minor children to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography, and he possessed child pornography. McCall was previously convicted of criminal sexual abuse in two separate cases in Illinois.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Huntsville, along with the Lamar County Sheriff's Office in Paris, Texas, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Huntsville Police Department, and Madison Police Department investigated the case. Assistant United States Attorney R. Leann White is prosecuting the case.

The 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 www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

An indictment contains only charges. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.