U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Wednesday sentenced a man who recorded his sexual abuse of one pre-teen girl and sexually abused two other children to 35 years in prison.
Aaron Pratt, 38, of Webster Groves, Missouri, pleaded guilty in January to one count of production of child pornography and one count of receiving child pornography. He admitted that he sexually abused a girl for approximately two years when she was between the ages of 10 and 12 and recorded the abuse on his cellphone. Pratt also admitted to sexually abusing two other juveniles, ages 7 and 11, at their home in another state.
Pratt further admitted to possessing over 28,000 images and videos of other minors on various electronic devices.
The Webster Groves Police Department, the St. Louis County Police Department, the FBI, and the Hamilton Township (Ohio) Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jillian Anderson prosecuted the case.
