Springfield, Missouri: On Friday, July 2, just before the holiday weekend the Western District of Missouri announced that 40-year-old Anthony Thompson was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 30 years in federal prison without the possibility of parole, a term which is to be followed by 10 years of supervised release.
Last year on October 19, 2020 Thompson pleaded guilty to a single count of sexual exploitation of a minor. According to the statement, he admitted that he victimized a minor to produce child pornography on July 1, 2018.
No other information was provided in the release concerning the case.