CAPE GIRARDEAU – The United States Attorney’s Office has announced that Steven Lee Brown, age 33, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, has been sentenced to serve of term of 360 months (30 years) in federal prison following his guilty plea to the offense of Producing Child Pornography.
Brown appeared for his sentencing hearing this week before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau.
According to court documents, the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office received a report that Brown had sexually abused a 10-year-old child last May. The child was interviewed and confirmed the abuse. Officers immediately responded to Brown’s residence. During an interview, Brown admitted that he engaged in various sexual acts with the child. Brown further admitted that he used his cell phone to record some of the sexual activity. Officers seized Brown’s phone and discovered sexually explicit images of the minor child on the device.
At his guilty plea hearing last December, Brown admitted that he used his cell phone to produce the sexually explicit material. After serving his 30-year sentence, Brown will be subject to lifetime supervised release. This case was investigated by the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Jack Koester handled the prosecution for the Government.