Dakota Lee Anderson, 24, of Beckley, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of prepubescent child pornography before U.S. Federal District Judge Frank W. Volk at the federal courthouse in Raleigh County on December 3.
According to the stipulation of facts provided in the plea agreement, on Aug. 5, 2020, Anderson “possessed numerous child pornography files, including approximately 85 videos, and approximately 715 images of child pornography.”
Some of the images depicted “sadistic or masochistic conduct or other depictions of violence of the minors” and some images depicted images of infants or toddlers. The images were stored in DropBox and MeWe accounts that Anderson accessed via his cell phone, the document states.
Per the plea agreement, Anderson faces imprisonment of up to 20 years, a fine of $250,000, a term of supervised release of five years to life, a mandatory special assessment of $100 and an order of victim restitution for the full amount of their losses.
Anderson will be sentenced at a later date.
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