WASHINGTON, April 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
CAPE GIRARDEAU - U.S. District Judge Cristian M. Stevens on Monday sentenced Leslie B. Clark, 60, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to 141 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to the offense of possession of child pornography.
According to court documents, Clark has a prior 2017 federal conviction for possessing child pornography. In May 2025, Clark was temporarily residing at a halfway house in Neelyville, Missouri following his release from federal prison. During that timeframe, investigators discovered that someone within the facility was uploading child sexual Abuse material through a social med...