MISSOURI
The Examiner
By Karl Zinke
karl.zinke@examiner.net
Posted May. 16, 2014
Independence, Mo.
A Blue Springs resident, who was a former church youth director in Independence, will spend 30 years in federal prison for child exploitation of seven minors and pornography.
U.S. Chief District Judge Greg Kays sentenced Dennis W. Myers, 53, to 30 years without parole, the maximum sentence possible for a serial abuser.
Myers pleaded guilty to transporting a minor across state lines for illegal sexual activity and receiving child pornography over the Internet.
The plea deal he struck with federal prosecutors compelled him to also plead guilty in Jackson County Circuit Court to state charges of first-degree statutory sodomy and attempted enticement of a child.
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