Former Arkansas TSA inspector pleads guilty to child porn charge
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A former Transportation Security Agency inspector pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Little Rock to distribution of child pornography.
Raymond Kinney, 54, of Jacksonville was arrested in January 2015 and indicted in February 2015. He will be sentenced at a later date, according to a news release from Chris Thyer, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
As part of a plea deal, federal prosecutors have agreed to recommend a 20-year sentence, the maximum allowed by law, and not charge Kinney with enticement of a minor and other offenses, Thyer said.
Prosecutors say Kinney went to a motel in January 2015 to meet a person he thought was a 10-year-old girl for sex. Kinney had arranged the meeting through a social networking site and had sent several pictures and videos of child pornography over the Internet.
When Kinney went to meet the person he had been chatting with — in reality an undercover officer — he took sex toys and children's clothing with him, according to prosecutors.
The statutory penalty for distribution of child pornography is five to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.