Local Man Sentenced to 290 Years in Prison on Federal Child Pornography Charges
This is the Largest Sentence Ever Imposed in the Eastern District of Missouri
| U.S. Attorney’s Office July 05, 2011 |
ST. LOUIS—The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Leland Beasley was sentenced to 3,480 months in prison. At his jury trial in April he was found guilty of 10 counts of production of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography. The 10 counts of production involve 10 different victims.
According to testimony presented at trial, Beasley owned and operated a video gaming businesses called Gamestation Sector 19, located on Lemay Ferry Road in St. Louis County. Several of the victims were molested by Beasley and videotaped at this business.
LELAND BEASLEY, St. Louis, MO, appeared today for sentencing before United States District Judge Carol E. Jackson.
United States Attorney Rich Callahan commented, “While it’s ordinarily a picture that speaks a thousand words, in this instance it’s a sentence that is speaking a thousand words.”
The case was investigated by Criminal Investigator Donya Jackson, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the St. Louis County Police Department, and the Regional Computer Crimes and Enforcement Education Group. Assistant United States Attorney Rob Livergood prosecuted the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.