Claycomo Man Indicted for Receiving Child Pornography Over the Internet

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KANSAS CITY, MO—David M. Ketchmark,Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announcedthat a Claycomo, Missouri man was indicted by a federal grand jury today forreceiving child pornography over the Internet.
Jason Romdall, 33, of Claycomo, wascharged in a two-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in KansasCity, Missouri.
Today’s indictment alleges that Romdallreceived child pornography on March 26, 2012. Romdall is also charged withbeing in possession of child pornography, in addition to and apart from theimages in the first count, on March 28, 2012.
The federal indictment also contains aforfeiture allegation, which would require Romdall to forfeit to the governmentany property used to commit the alleged offenses, including a Samsung cellularphone.
This case is being prosecuted byAssistant U.S. Attorney Teresa Moore. It was investigated by U.S. Probation andParole and the FBI.
This case was brought as part of ProjectSafe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Departmentof Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation andabuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’sChild Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshalsfederal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecuteindividuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visitwww.usdoj.gov/psc. For more information about Internet safety education, pleasevisit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab “Resources.”