Local man sentenced in porn case
A Maryville man was convicted Friday in 4th District Circuit Court on a charge of felony possession of child pornography.
Robert Dewey Mullins II was arrested in Oct. 2014 on suspicion of possessing child pornography depicting a person less than 18 years of age. The illegal material allegedly consisted of a video showing a victim identified only as “A.S.”
According to a probable cause statement filed by Sgt. Jamie Vicker of the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Department, Mullins initially admitted to engaging in sexual conversation via Facebook with a 14-year-old girl and sending nude images and videos of himself to the teen.
He also received nude images and videos of the girl in return.
Authorities discovered a video on Mullins’ cell phone that depicted a nude female sitting on the floor engaged in a sexual act.
According to court records, the suspect stated the girl shown in the video was the same person with whom he had been communicating via Facebook Messenger.
Presiding Circuit Judge Roger Prokes sentenced Mullins to 120 days of “shock incarceration” in a state Department of Corrections facility, after which he will serve five years’ probation.
