Wednesday June 13, 2012
Elderly man indicted for producing child pornography
by Ashley B. Craig
Charleston Daily Mail
An elderly Charleston man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for producing child pornography.
Jack E. Gravenmier, 79, of South Hills is charged with two counts of producing visual depictions of sexually explicit conduct involving three minors.
The indictment alleges that Gravenmier coerced the children into engaging in sexual conduct so he could make the images. Those incidents were alleged to have occurred between 2002 and February 2003.
He is also charged with possessing hundreds of images and videos of child pornography on his computer.
Authorities searched Gravenmier's Beaumont Road home on Feb. 11 at the request of detectives in Missouri. Inside they found pictures of boys, multiple VHS tapes and DVDs, pornography, condoms, male enhancement pills, video cameras, handwritten notes, computers and various firearms.
FBI agents arrested Gravenmier in St. Louis on Feb. 13. He was charged there with two counts of attempt to persuade a minor to engage in sexual activity, two counts of travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, production of child porn and possession of child porn.
A detective with the Troy (Mo.) Police Department received a complaint in January from a woman who claimed her 14-year-old son had been sexually abused by Gravenmier, according to a search warrant on file in U.S. District Court.
The boy told his mother the abuse occurred in the summer of 2011 while he was spending time with family in Georgia. He told authorities Gravenmier performed oral sex on him at least three times while he was in Georgia, according to court documents.
The boy told police he and Gravenmier had been communicating by text messages and the elderly man had been sending sexually explicit texts and photographs. He mentioned past sexual encounters and plans to visit the boy, documents said.
The detective was given permission to pose as the boy and continue the conversation with Gravenmier. The elderly man sent four videos of what he described as child pornography and four pictures, including one of a boy Gravenmier was sexually intimate with.
He told the detective he had more videos and would bring memory cards when he traveled to Missouri in February.
The indictment seeks the forfeiture of Gravenmier's house at 833 Beaumont Road in Charleston, not far from Overbrook Elementary School, and a Cutaway recreational vehicle that allegedly were used in commission of the crimes.
He faces up to 70 years in prison, a $750,000 fine and lifetime supervised release.
It was not immediately clear whether Gravenmier was in custody.
An elderly Charleston man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for producing child pornography.
Jack E. Gravenmier, 79, of South Hills is charged with two counts of producing visual depictions of sexually explicit conduct involving three minors.
The indictment alleges that Gravenmier coerced the children into engaging in sexual conduct so he could make the images. Those incidents were alleged to have occurred between 2002 and February 2003.
He is also charged with possessing hundreds of images and videos of child pornography on his computer.
Authorities searched Gravenmier's Beaumont Road home on Feb. 11 at the request of detectives in Missouri. Inside they found pictures of boys, multiple VHS tapes and DVDs, pornography, condoms, male enhancement pills, video cameras, handwritten notes, computers and various firearms.
FBI agents arrested Gravenmier in St. Louis on Feb. 13. He was charged there with two counts of attempt to persuade a minor to engage in sexual activity, two counts of travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, production of child porn and possession of child porn.
A detective with the Troy (Mo.) Police Department received a complaint in January from a woman who claimed her 14-year-old son had been sexually abused by Gravenmier, according to a search warrant on file in U.S. District Court.
The boy told his mother the abuse occurred in the summer of 2011 while he was spending time with family in Georgia. He told authorities Gravenmier performed oral sex on him at least three times while he was in Georgia, according to court documents.
The boy told police he and Gravenmier had been communicating by text messages and the elderly man had been sending sexually explicit texts and photographs. He mentioned past sexual encounters and plans to visit the boy, documents said.
The detective was given permission to pose as the boy and continue the conversation with Gravenmier. The elderly man sent four videos of what he described as child pornography and four pictures, including one of a boy Gravenmier was sexually intimate with.
He told the detective he had more videos and would bring memory cards when he traveled to Missouri in February.
The indictment seeks the forfeiture of Gravenmier's house at 833 Beaumont Road in Charleston, not far from Overbrook Elementary School, and a Cutaway recreational vehicle that allegedly were used in commission of the crimes.
He faces up to 70 years in prison, a $750,000 fine and lifetime supervised release.
It was not immediately clear whether Gravenmier was in custody.
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