Recently, a guy from Jefferson County entered a guilty plea to the charges of possessing and selling child pornography. In a formal statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri, Patrick Mayberry, 45, of High Ridge, admitted to the felony charge as a previous offender and admitted to using the dark web to obtain and sell the illegal content for more than $2,000.
A cybertipline report that Mayberry had uploaded child pornography to his Google account prompted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to launch the inquiry. The alert identified a total of 88 files containing similar material. Mayberry has a troubling history that includes an attempt to obtain child pornography in 2008 and a conviction for second-degree rape in 2003. The convicted individual was found guilty of failing to register as a sex offender as recently as 2021.
Multiple films of child sexual abuse were found in Mayberry’s MEGA cloud storage account by authorities throughout their investigation.
These cases are being pursued by task forces like Project Safe Childhood, which is a component of the Department of Justice’s aggressive campaign to combat the growing problem of child exploitation. Mayberry’s recent crimes were looked into and convicted under this initiative. The FBI and the St. Louis County Police Department were acknowledged for their contributions to the investigation in a statement that was obtained by the U.S. Attorney’s Office website. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jillian Anderson was in charge of the prosecution.
Mayberry is still awaiting his February 13, 2025, sentence. He could be sentenced to at least 10 years and up to 20 years in jail, as well as a $250,000 fine, if found guilty. Project Safe Childhood material is available at www.justice.gov/psc for anyone who want to learn more about the ongoing measures implemented since May 2006 to prevent offenses like these.
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