Ohio Woman Guilty in Child Porn Case - Updated

(Dayton, Ohio) On Wednesday, 32-year-old Kendra L. Sasser appeared in U.S. District Court and pleaded guilty before Judge Thomas M. Rose to one count of possessing child pornography stemming from an Internet relationship with a 16-year-old Arizona boy.

Sasser was visibly shaken and wept as the facts of the case were read.

According to the complaint, Sasser used MySpace.com and XBox LIVE to entice the boy to produce images and videos of himself. During an online chat session Aug. 10, 2007 with him, Kendra Sasser noted she had been disappointed to learn his age.

The investigation started after Sasser’s husband, Ron, contacted the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 6, 2007. He said his wife was having sexually explicit communications with minor males via the Internet, according to the affidavit.

Sasser will be ordered to register as a sex offender when she is sentenced on October 29. She faces a possible 10 years in prison.

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Feds Nab Ohio Woman in Sexual Exploitation Case
[Previous 9/25/07 post]
(Miamisburg, Ohio) A 30-year-old local woman, Kendra L. Sasser, was arrested today by the FBI for allegedly soliciting a 16-year-old Yuma, Arizona, boy via MySpace.com on the Internet. Kendra's husband, Ron Sasser, alerted the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office after noticing the relationship on his home computer.

The two were chatting online on Aug. 27 when Kendra Sasser sent the boy a picture of her face. The boy asked for more pictures.

"This last pic is 4 ur personal enjoyment *grinzz* you gotta make sure this last pic no one sees okay?" Kendra Sasser wrote. "You might wanna hide this one. You can't let parents see it or ur screwed srsly!"

Sasser then downloaded a picture of her genitals from her cellular phone, then sent it to the boy via email. The two then continued in sexually explicit conversation.

Records of their chats indicate that Sasser knew the boy was only 16.

Sasser faces a federal charge of sexual exploitation of a minor which carries a mandatory minimum of 15 to 30 years in prison upon conviction.