(KTTS News) — A former Walmart Supercenter employee in Springfield, North Kansas, will be sentenced to 15 years in prison without parole for taking “upskirt” photos of children at the store where he worked.
Craig Rhoden, 55, admitted taking pornographic photos and uploading them to his website.
He was ordered to pay restitution to 30 victims.
Rhoden was also sentenced to 15 years of supervised probation upon his release from prison.
press release
A Springfield, Missouri, man who was in possession of thousands of videos and photos of child pornography was sentenced in federal court today for trafficking images of child sexual abuse over the Internet.
craig allen loden, 55, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips to 15 years in federal prison without parole.The court also ordered loden Pay compensation of $150,000 to 30 victims.
The court also ruled loden After incarceration, he will serve 15 years of supervised release. loden Upon release from prison, a person must register as a sex offender and is subject to federal and state sex offender registration requirements, which may apply for the rest of his or her life.
April 18, 2023 loden Pleaded guilty to receiving and distributing child pornography.
Law enforcement officers executed search warrants at the following locations: lodenstayed at his residence on January 5, 2023 after receiving a CyberTip report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. loden He had uploaded hundreds of images of child pornography. loden Admitted participating in the exchange of child pornography, including trading images and videos of young victims, and uploading images of child pornography to a website. loden He also admitted to taking “upskirt” photos of children at the Walmart where he worked and uploading the photos to a website he ran.
forensic analysis lodenMore than 16,000 videos and photos of child pornography were discovered on electronic devices.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Stephanie L. Wang. The investigation was conducted by the Department of Homeland Security Bureau of Investigation, the Southwest Missouri Cybercrime Task Force, and the Springfield, Missouri Police Department.