WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Cristian M. Stevens on Thursday sentenced a Franklin County, Missouri man who produced child sexual abuse material to 25 years in prison.

Justin E. Faldon, 36, took several photographs of young children, and possessed other images containing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). He also admitted distributing CSAM online. The investigation of Faldon began in December of 2024, when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alerted the Franklin County Sheriff's Office that Faldon had uploaded and distributed

CSAM via the Kik app. Records from Kik Messenger ...