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St. Louis man sentenced for producing child sexual abuse material

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

St. Louis man sentenced for producing child sexual abuse material

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Sayler A. Fleming, U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney' Office for the Eastern District of Missouri

A St. Louis man, Tracy Jenkins, has been sentenced to 42 and one-half years in prison for producing child sexual abuse material involving at least eight victims. U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark handed down the sentence on Wednesday, describing Jenkins as “a ravenous and insatiable sexual predator of the highest order.” The judge highlighted Jenkins' extensive history of abusing victims and creating nearly 1,200 hours of video recordings documenting the abuse.

Jenkins, aged 59, recorded his abuse of five identified children. Three other victims have not yet been identified but appear in the recordings. The abuse began when one victim was just six years old and another was eleven. Jenkins started making these videos as early as 2013, which are now circulating online.

The FBI's Crimes Against Children and Human Trafficking Unit played a crucial role in stopping Jenkins' activities after identifying one victim from online images and alerting their St. Louis office. Agents conducted a court-approved search of Jenkins' home where they found multiple electronic devices containing thousands of files with child pornography along with about 200 self-produced videos ranging from seconds to over an hour long.

In June, Jenkins pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to charges including production of child pornography and being a felon in possession of a firearm after investigators discovered a stolen pistol during their search.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jillian Anderson prosecuted the case following an investigation by the FBI.

This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse through coordinated efforts by federal, state, and local resources to apprehend offenders and rescue victims.

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