KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A registered sex offender from Lawrence
was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for possessing child
pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, the defendant
was ordered to pay $5,000 to the fund established by the Justice for Victims of
Trafficking Act.
Benjamin Grace, 32, Lawrence, Kan., pleaded guilty to one
count of possession of child pornography. In his plea, he admitted he was
identified during an FBI investigation of a service on the internet that was
involved in the production, advertisement and distribution of child
pornography. After executing a search warrant at his home in Lawrence, FBI
agents interviewed him at his workplace in Overland Park. He admitted viewing
child pornography, including images of children as young as five years old.
At the time, Grace was listed on a Kansas Bureau of
Investigation web site because of a 2008 felony conviction in Johnson County on
a charge of electronic sexual solicitation of a child.
McAllister commended the FBI and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim
Flannigan for their work on the case.
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