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Female child porn suspect pleads guilty
DAYTON — A local woman accused of enticing an Arizona boy to make child pornography by emailing her a picture of his penis pleaded guilty Wednesday, July 29 to one count of possessing child pornography.
Kendra L. Sasser, 32, wept as assistant U.S. Attorney Sheila Lafferty read aloud the facts of the case. Her voice broke as she said the word “guilty.”
U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Rose ordered a pre-sentencing investigation and set a sentencing date of Oct. 29. Sasser could face up to 10 years in prison, and will be required to register as a sexual offender.
The boy was 16 at the time of the Internet communications, which occurred throughout August and September 2007. Sasser was arrested Sept. 25, 2007 at her Miamisburg home, 28 S. Ninth St. A federal magistrate placed her on home detention days later, and she has been living with her grandparents and wearing an electronic bracelet for the past 22 months, according to assistant Federal Public Defender Tom Anderson.
Sasser has also been in counseling to deal with several issues, Anderson told Rose.
Sasser had been in contact with the boy, who lived in Yuma, for several weeks and the two exchanged explicit photos, according to an affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent Scott W. Warren.
According to the complaint, Sasser used MySpace.com and XBox LIVE to entice the boy to produce images and videos of himself. During an online chat session Aug. 10, 2007 with him, Kendra Sasser noted she had been disappointed to learn his age.
The investigation started after Sasser’s husband, Ron, contacted the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 6, 2007. He said his wife was having sexually explicit communications with minor males via the Internet, according to the affidavit.
Ron Sasser had been monitoring his home computer since late July, when he installed software designed to capture and record keystrokes.
She was using MySpace to chat with the boy when the discussion about his age occurred, according to the affidavit. The two were chatting online Aug. 27 when she sent the boy a picture of her face. He asked for more pictures.
According to the affidavit, she responded: “This last pic is 4 ur personal enjoyment grinzz you gotta make sure this last pic no one sees okay?” she wrote. “You might wanna hide this one. You can’t let parents see it or ur screwed srsly!”
Sasser downloaded a picture of her genitals from her cell phone and e-mailed it to him. They then continued in sexually explicit conversation.
“It’s weird because of the age difference and because you live on the other side of the country, that’s what’s weird,” the boy wrote in the middle of the conversation.
“Ohhhhhhh now who is bringin up the age thing?” she responded.
On Sept. 4, she asked the boy for a picture of his genitals. He sent one. After Sasser asked for another, he sent a second.
During their online chats, the two also discussed using Xbox LIVE video chat to give a “free show to each other.” The boy said he did not have the money.
On Sept. 11, Sasser bought a $40 gift card from a Game Stop store in Centerville and mailed it to the boy.
GameStop determined the card was used Sept. 14 to purchase an Xbox LIVE Web camera from an EB Games store in Yuma.
The boy’s MySpace profile identified him as 16 years old in 2007. The FBI confirmed his age through the registrar at a high school in Yuma, according to the affidavit.
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