West Tennessee Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Production of Child Pornography

Jackson, TN - Levi Edward Hamilton, 23, of Mansfield, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for creating a fictitious social media account via Instagram and using that account to solicit sexually explicit images and videos from several individuals, including minor children. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., Interim U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.

Hamilton was charged with five counts of production of child pornography, five counts of coercion and enticement of a minor, five counts of receipt of child pornography, three counts of transferring obscene material to a minor, and one count of possessing child pornography. Following his guilty plea to two of the production of child pornography charges, United States District Judge S. Thomas Anderson sentenced Hamilton to 25 years in prison and five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

This case was investigated by the FBI Memphis Child Exploitation Task Force and the Henry County Sheriff's Office.

Assistant United States Attorney Josh Morrow prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

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