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AO 91 Rev. 11111 Criminal Complaint

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COUR

United States

of

America

v.

Willard Dean Hall

Defendant s)

for the

Eastern District

of

Kentucky

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CRIMIN L COMPL INT

MAY 12

2 16

EDWARD 8. ATKINS

U.S. Magistrate Judge

I the complainant in this case, state that the following is true

to

the best of my knowledge and belief.

On

or about the date(s)

of

_ 1_ 2_0_1_5_to_1

_1 _2_4 _2_0_15 n the comia of _n_o_tt n the

Eastern District

of

_e_n_tu_cc_k J__y the defendant(s) violated:

Code Section

18 U.S.C.

§

2251 (a)

18 U.S.C. § 2251 (a)(2)

18 U.S.C. § 2251(a)(4)

Offense Description

Production

of

Child Pornography - 2 counts

Receipt

of

Child Pornography - 2 counts

Possession

of

Child Pornography - 1 count

This criminal complaint is based on these facts:

SEE AFFIDAVIT

Continued on the attached sheet.

Sworn to before me and signed in my presence.

12--

Date: 051,Y1 72016

City and state:

Pikeville, Kentucky

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Special

Agent

Thad Lambdin

Printed name

nd

title

$ ~ ~ . _ , i s ; I S ' ~ > Signed By

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\ a . s r R • C ' ~ # United tates Magistrate

udge

Judge s signature

Hon. Edward B. Atkins, U.S. Magistrate Judge

Printed name nd title

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AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT

O

CRIMINAL COMPLAINT

I ,

Specia l

Agent

Thad Lambdin

of the

Federa l

Bureau

of

Inves t iga t ion , being

duly sworn

under

oath, do

hereby depose

and

s t a t e :

INTRODUCTION

1.

I have

been

a

Spec ia l Agent

with

the

Federa l

Bureau of

Inves t iga t ion ,

United

Sta t e s

Department

of

Jus t i ce ,

s ince Apr i l

2003,

and

am

cur ren t ly ass igned to the Louisv i l le Divis ion,

London

Resident Agency. My

re spons ib i l i t i e s

inc lude the

i n v es t ig a t io n of var ious c r imina l offenses , inc lud ing crimes

involving

the sexual

exp lo i t a t ion

of ch i ld ren ;

s p e c i f i c a l l y the

product ion,

di s t r ibu t ion ,

r ece ip t

and possess ion of ch i ld

pornography.

From

2000

to

2003,

and

p r i o r

to

becoming

a

Specia l

Agent,

I

was

a

Systems Adminis t ra tor for both the county and

c i t y of Huntington,

Indiana ,

where

in add i t ion

to my pr imary

re spons ib i l i t i e s ,

I as s i s t ed

the Huntington Pol ice Department

with reviews of s u s p ec t s computers for ch i ld pornography. Pr ior

to

t h i s

employment

1992

to 2000),

I

was

a

Patrolman

with

the

Huntington Ci ty Pol ice Department, Huntington, Indiana

for

approximate ly 8 1/2

years .

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2.

In

the

course

of

my employment with

the

Federal

Bureau of

Inves t iga t ion , I have par t i c ipa t ed

in

the execu t ion of search

warran ts r e su l t ing in the se izu re of computers ,

magnet ic s torage

media for computers, o ther

e lec t ron ic

media, and

o ther

i tems

evidencing v io la t ions of federa l law.

3.

As a federa l

agent ,

I am author ized

to

i nves t iga te

v io la t ions of

United

Sta t e s laws

and to

execute warrants i ssued

under

the

au thor i ty

of the

United

Sta te s .

4.

I am

i nves t iga t ing the

cr iminal a c t i v i t i e s o f

Willard Dean

Hall , who res ides a t 5326 WY 1087

E,

Mousie, Kentucky 41839. As

wi l l be

shown

below, I submit there i s probable cause

t o be l i eve

t ha t Willard Dean Hal l has produced, d i s t r i bu t ed and possessed

ch i ld

pornography,

i n v io la t ion

o f

18

U.S.C.

§ §

2251 a) ,

2252 a) 2) ,

2252 a) 4) .

5.

The s tatements in t h i s a f f i d a v i t

are

based in par t on

in format ion provided by

Kentucky

Sta t e Pol ice KSP)

Detec t ive

Joseph Dials , ass igned

to SP

Post 13, Hazard, Kentucky, and on

my

i nves t iga t ion

of

t h i s

mat te r .

Since

t h i s a f f idav i t

i s

being

submit ted fo r the l im i t ed purpose of secur ing a cr imina l

complaint , I have not

inc luded each

and every

fac t

known to me

concerning

t h i s i nves t iga t ion .

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ST TUTORY AUTHORITY

6.

This

i n v es t ig a t io n concerns a l l e ge d v io l a t i o n s of 18 U.S.C.

§ § 2251 a) , 2252 a) 2), 2252 a) 4), r e l a t i n g to m a t e r i a l

involv ing

the

sexual ex p lo i t a t i o n o f minors .

a . 18 U.S.C. § 2251 a) p ro h ib i t s using persuading

inducing or e n t i c i ng a minor

to

engage in s e xua l ly

e x p l i c i t

conduct

for

t he

purpose

o f

producing

vi sua l

dep ic t ions o f such

conduct

and

t h a t t he s e de p i c t i ons

were

produced using mate r i a l s t h a t had been mailed

sh ipped or t r a n spo r t e d in i n t e r s t a t e o r fo re ign

commerce.

b . 18

U.S.C. § 2252 a) 2)

p ro h ib i t s

knowingly

r ece iv ing

o r

d i s t r i b u t i n g

by computer

or

mai l

any

v i sua l de p ic t i on

of minors

engaging

in

s e xua l ly e x p l i c i t conduct

t h a t

has

been mailed sh ipped or t r anspor ted in

i n t e r s t a t e or

fo re ign

commerce. That se c t i on a l s o p ro h ib i t s knowingly

reproduc ing any v i sua l de p ic t i on o f minors engaging in

sexua l ly e x p l i c i t conduct for d i s t r i b u t i o n

in

i n t e r s t a t e

or

fo re ign

commerce

by

any

means,

inc lud ing

by computer

or

the

mai l .

c . 18 U.S.C. § 2252 a)

4)

p ro h ib i t s possess ing one or more

books,

magazines,

p er io d ica l s f i lms

o r

othe r ma te r i a l s



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which conta in v i su a l depic t ions

of minors

engaged in

sexua l ly

e x p l i c i t

conduct t h a t

have been

t r anspor ted

in

i n t e r s t a t e

or fo re ign

commerce,

or

t ha t

were

produced

using

mate r i a l s t h a t had t r av e l ed in i n t e r s t a t e or

fore ign

commerce.

DEFINITIONS

7.

The

fo l lowing

d e f i n i t i o n s

apply

to

t h i s

Aff idav i t :

a.

Chi ld Pornography inc ludes

any

visua l dep ic t ion of

sexua l ly

e x p l i c i t conduct where (a) the p roduc t ion

of

the

v i su a l depic t ion involved

the

use

of a

minor

engaged

in sexua l ly

e x p l i c i t

conduct ;

(b) the

v i su a l depic t ion

was a d i g i t a l

image,

computer

image,

or computer-

genera ted

image

t h a t

i s

or

i s

i n d i s t i n g u i sh ab le

from,

t ha t of

a

minor

engaged i n sexua l ly e x p l i c i t conduct ;

or

(c) the v i su a l depic t ion has been c rea ted adapted , o r

modif ied to appear

t h a t

an

i den t i f i ab le minor

i s

engaged

in sexua l ly

e x p l i c i t

conduct . See

18 U.S.C. §

2256(8) .

b. Computer r e f e r s to an e lec t ron ic

magnet ic ,

opt ica l

e lec t rochemica l or othe r

high speed

da ta process ing

device

performing log ica l

or s to rage func t ions and

inc ludes any da ta storage f a c i l i t y or communications



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f a c i l i t y

d i r e c t l y

r e l a t e d

to

or opera t ing in con junc t ion

wi th such d e v i c e . See 18 U.S.C.

§ 1030 (e)

(1)

c . I n t e r n e t Pro toco l address

o r

IP address r e f e r s to a

unique number used

by

a

computer to access t he In t e rn e t .

d. Minor means any p e rso n under the age

o f

18

years .

See

18 u.s.c.

§

2256(1).

e . Sexua l ly

e x p l i c i t

conduc t i s

a

t e rm

t h a t

ap p l i e s

to

v i su a l d ep i c t i o n s t h a t

involve

the use

o f a

minor ,

see

18

U.S.C.

§

2256(8)

(A),

o r

t h a t

have

been

crea t ed ,

adap ted ,

o r

modif ied

to appear

to dep ic t an i d e n t i f i a b l e

minor ,

see 18

U.S.C. §

2256(8)

(C). In t hose con tex t s ,

t he te rm r e f e r s

t o ac t u a l

or s imula t ed (a) sexua l

i n t e r co u r se

( i nc lud ing g e n i t a l - g e n i t a l , o r a l - g e n i t a l , or

ora l - ana l ) , whether between

p e rso n s

of the same o r

oppos i t e

sex ;

(b)

b e s t i a l i t y ;

c)

mas turba t ion ;

d)

s a d i s t i c or

masoch is t i c

abuse;

o r (e)

l a s c i v i o u s

ex h ib i t i o n o f t he g en i t a l s

or

pubic

a reas

o f

any

person.

See

18

U.S.C. §

2256(2)

(A).

f . Visu a l dep ic t ions i nc lude undeveloped

f i lm

and

video tape , and

da ta

s t o r ed on computer

disk o r

by

e l e c t r o n i c

means, which i s

capab le

o f

conver s ion

i n t o

a

v i s u a l image. See

18 U.S.C.

§ 2256(5) .

g. The t e rms r eco r d s , documents , and ma t e r i a l s

i nc lude a l l i n fo rmat ion recorded

in

any form,

v i su a l

or

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au ra l , and

by

any means,

whether

in handmade form

inc lud ing , but no t l imi ted to , wr i t ings , drawings,

pain t ing) ,

photographic form

inc luding, but not l imi ted

to , microf i lm,

microf iche , pr in t s , s l i de s ,

negat ives ,

video tapes , motion pic tu res , photocopies) ; mechanical

form

inc lud ing ,

but no t

l imi ted

to , phonograph

records ,

pr in t ing ,

t yp ing) ;

or

e l ec t r i c a l ,

e l ec t ro n i c or

magnet ic

form inc lud ing , but no t

l imi ted

to ,

tape recordings ,

cas s e t t e s ,

compact

discs ,

e l ec t ro n i c

or

magnet ic

storage

devices such

as

f loppy d i s k e t t e s ,

hard di sks , CD-ROMs,

d i g i t a l

video disks DVDs),

Personal

Digi ta l Ass i s tan ts

PDAs), Multi Media Cards

MMCs), memory

s t i cks ,

opt ica l

di sks ,

p r i n t e r b u f fe r s , smart cards , memory ca lcu la to rs ,

e l ec t ro n i c dia l e r s , Bernoul l i dr ives , or e l ec t ro n i c

notebooks, as

wel l

as

d ig i t a l

data

f i l e s and

p r in to u t s

or

readouts

from

any magnet ic , e l e c t r i c a l or

e lec t ron ic

s to rage dev ice ) .

B CKGROUND OF

THE

INVESTIGATION

8.

On

or

about

Monday,

November

23, 2015,

Detec t ive Dia l s

received informat ion

from Carr Creek

Elementary School Ass is tan t

Pr inc ipa l

Debbi Back, t h a t

t he re

were four

s tuden t s , Student 1

12 years old) , Student 2 13 years old) , Student 3 12 years

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old)

and Student

4 (13

years

old) who had

sen t nude photographs

of

themselves to

a

person named Jimmy Slone v ia Facebook. The

Facebook account for Jimmy

Slone

ind ica ted Slone was

a

15-year

old male. Facebook i s an onl ine

( in t e rne t -based)

soc ia l

networking s i t e t ha t includes

a

Messenger ap p l i ca t i o n al lowing

users to exchange messages and computer f i l e s , including d i g i t a l

images.

Based

on

y

t r a in ing and

exper ience , I

know

t ha t

access ing Facebook necessa r i ly requ i res use

of

the i n t e rne t ,

which i s

a

f a c i l i t y

o f

i n t e r s t a t e commerce.

9.

On November 24, 2015, Detec t ive Dials

spoke

with

the

s tudents i d e n t i f i e d

by

Debbi Back. Student received

a

nude

photo of

Jimmy

Slone from

Jimmy

Slone

and

sen t two

nude photos

of Student

to

Jimmy Slone

via Facebook Messenger. This

occurred

about

two weeks pr io r .

Student

2

sen t

Jimmy

Slone

nude

p ic tu r e s of Student

2

on Facebook and

Jimmy Slone sen t Student

2

nude

p ic tu r e s

o f Student on

Facebook.

Student

3

d id not

send

nude photos of Student 3, but Student

3

ind ica ted Student

4

had

nude p ic tu r e s of Student

2 t ha t

were supposed

to

have come from

Jimmy Slone s

Facebook

account . Student

4

received

nude photos

of

Student

2

from

Jimmy

Slone

on

Student

4 s c e l l

phone.

Jimmy

Slone

a l so

t o l d Student

4

t h a t he had

nude photos

of Student

1,

but

never

sen t those to Student 4.

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10. n or

about February 11, 2016,

Detect ive Dials obta ined a

search

warran t for Facebook records for

the

Jimmy Slone Facebook

account . n or about March 29, 2016,

Detect ive Dia ls

reviewed

the Facebook mate r i a l s re turned

pursuant to the search

warran t

and v e r i f i ed there were

seve ra l

images of

suspected

ch i ld

pornography conta ined

in

the account . The

major i ty

of messages

showed

an

or ig ina t ion In te rne t Protocol IP)

address of

199.116.159.129 for the user

of

the Jimmy Slone account .

11.

n

or

about

March 30, 2016, Detect ive Dials obta ined a

Grand Jury Subpoena

request ing Thacker

Grigsby

Communications,

the

In te rne t Service

Provider ISP) t h a t

con t ro ls IP

address

199.116.159.129, fo r subsc r ibe r

informat ion. On or

about

March

31,

2016, Thacker

Grigsby Communications

i den t i f i ed Willard

Dean

Hall as

the subsc r ibe r to

IP

address

199.116.159.129,

a t 5326

WY 1087 E,

Mousie,

Kentucky.

12. n or about Apr i l 4, 2016

Detect ive

Dials obta ined and

executed

a sea rch

warran t

for

Willard

Dean H a l l s res idence ,

5326

WY 1087

E, Mousie,

Kentucky.

During the execu t ion

of

the

search

warrant , Wil lard

Dean

Hall ,

a

43-year -old

male,

was

in terviewed

and confessed

to

co n t ro l l i n g mul t ip le Facebook

accounts, i nc lud ing the

Jimmy

Slone

Facebook

account ,

and

using

these accounts

t o ob ta in nude images

of

female minors .



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13.

Based on my review

of the

Facebook account

records re turned

pursuant to the February 11, 2016

search

warran t and my

knowledge

of

Wil lard

Dean H a l l s

s ta tements

in h i s Apr i l 4, 2016

in te rv iew with Detec t ive Dia l s , I have found t ha t Willard Dean

Hall used

the

Facebook

persona

Jimmy

Slone

to use, persuade,

induce, and en t i ce

a t l e a s t two minors

to engage

in

sexua l ly

exp l i c i t

conduct

for the

purpose of producing

v i su a l

depic t ions

of

such conduct .

In

some

cases

he

t h rea tened

to

d i s t r i b u t e

previously obta ined

images to

convince minors to produce new

images

of ch i ld

pornography. The fo l lowing paragraphs

are

examples

of

Wil la rd

Dean H a l l s Facebook conver sa t ions

involving

the

product ion, rece ip t ,

and

di s t r ibu t ion of ch i ld

pornography.

14.

On 11/03/2015,

the

fol lowing

exchange

took

place

between

Willard

Dean

Hal l ,

using

the

Jimmy Slone (JS) Facebook account ,

and Student (Sl ) , a 12-year-old minor:

Sl

ow

old

are

u

JS 15

going

on

16

Sl

I m

12

JS

You show

your

boobs

Sl

wanted

me

to

so

JS

I

want to

see

your

pussy and

ass

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Sl Why

JS You show

them to me and wil l

show

you mine dick

Sl I f

show u wil l u delec t

them

JS Yes

promise

Sl

Who

do l i ve with

JS Jus t

my mom but she i s gone

r ight now

JS Can

see them

Sl Delect the

t ex t

to or wont

JS

wil l de le te

every th ing

Sl

K

Sl

I ll

show u

Friday because

I m on my

per iod

Sl

That s

when

get

off of

it

JS

d o n t

care about

t ha t ju s t want

to

see

Sl

Show

me yours f i r s t

JS

[sends photo

of

a

penis

being

held

by

a

l e f t

hand]

JS Now your tu rn

Sl [sends photo of

he rse l f

in blue

s h i r t and

l i g h t e r blue

shor t s with

r igh t

wris t

band; r igh t

hand by

c ro tch

area

with f inger beside vagina]

JS

Can t see it

JS

You

can

do b e t t e r

Sl [sends another photo of he rse l f in blue

sh i r t

with

r igh t wris t

band;

her r igh t hand

i s

pul l ing l i g h t e r

blue shor t s to s ide so vagina i s displayed]

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Sl [sends blue

thumbs

up

png]

JS What

about

the ass

Sl [sends

another

close

up

of

her

vagina l area

with

her

r igh t

hand v i s ib l e pul l ing l igh te r blue shor t s to

s ide ;

blue

sh i r t

v i s ib l e above shor t s . ]

Sl

Not

r igh t

now

JS

Have

you had sex yet

Sl No

I m

12

JS

Could

you

take

mine

Sl How would ever do

t ha t

with u

JS We

could

meet some t ime

Sl

Where

JS

Maybe

go out

Sl My dad won t l e t me so no

JS

o

you

know

where

the

big

y

market

i s

Sl Yes

15.

On

9/23/2015, the

fol lowing

exchange took place between

Willard

Dean

Hal l again us ing the JS Facebook account , and

Student 5

(S5),

a 16-year-old female minor:

S5 I l o s t

wif i

JS Can I have one



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SS [sends non-pornographic photo in school se t t i ng ,

wearing an orange/red Aeropostal sh i r t ]

JS

Flash me

SS Why

JS I need

t

SS Why

JS

I need to

see

SS

Meet

me a t

brake

stand a t

the

sc iences

room ups ta i r s

dams

JS

I m

n i t there

JS

Not

SS What u mean

JS

I m not a t

school

SS

Why

JS

Sick

SS

Yewh

JS That s

the t r u t h

SS Yup

JS Can j

get

a f lash ing p ie

SS

U

a i n t here

JS

Well

I know

what

your going

to

say

so

I

wil l

ju s t

get

me

one

o f f

ksmeron

messages

JS

Sorry

I

asked

and bothered

you

SS

Ok

bye

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JS Well

I wil l get

a l l them pies

of f

message t ha t

I

sent

ksmeron

S5 Cause I

won t send one

JS Yes

SS

Why

JS

I

need

one

SS

You don t

need one

JS Yes

I

do

JS

Fine

you

keep

I

wil l

get

20

from him

messages

JS His

SS

[sends

a pic ture of

her breas t s , r igh t hand pul l ing up

black s h i r t

and poss ib ly

a

bra. Not the

same

clothes

as the previously

descr ibed

photo]

JS Thought you

d id n t

have

any

SS

Well

there

so

JS

How

many

more do you

have

JS I wanted a new one

JS

Not one

I

seen

before

SS I

d o n t have Anymore

JS Well do you want to make

a deal

r igh t

now

JS

I f

you

give me

a new

t i t t y

pie

and

pussy

pie

I

wil l

de le te every body s

messages I

sent p ies to

SS That s not fa r

u

l i ed to me

u

sa id

u

would never

ask

for any pies

anymore

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JS I so r r y

baby but

a f t e r I de le ted a l l them and the

message

me and you had missed looking a t them

JS What do you say uou want to make t h a t dea l

JS

But

it s

got

to

be new pies one I

d i d n t

see

before

SS o

d o n t

cause u

l i e d

to me

JS I m so r r y I

did

JS See if I go

back

and

ge t the

pies

o f f the

messages it

would be maybe 40

or 50 of

them

JS

Well

ok

I

j u s t

wanted

you

to

send

2

new

ones

and

I

would

d e le t e a l l t he re

messages

SS

Yeah t h a t s going to

be another

l i e

JS o it s not baby

JS

But

t h a t s

f ine you

keep them

2

p i e s

and I w i l l go ge t

them othe r

ones o f f

them

messages

S5 Ok

JS

Can

I

ge t

2 new p i e s

SS [sends a pic tu re of h e r s e l f l i f t i n g a black blouse

above

her

b reas t s ;

she has

a

c lo th jacke t

with

zipper

on over

the sh i r t ]

S5 One

JS

o

2

SS One

JS I want the

pussy

p ie

SS Why

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JS I want t

SS I d o n t want to give t

JS

Fine

wil l get

t off the

messages

sen t

your

mom

SS Real ly

JS

Yes

JS So do get

t

from

you

or

the

messages

SS [sends closeup

of her vagina

with f ingers spreading

he rse l f

open,

with black b louse , ch in , and ha i r

v is ib le

in

top

r igh t

of

photo;

some

pink

wri t ing

i s

v is ib le on the sh i r t ]

JS You can do b e t t e r

JS The cam was to high

SS U d id n t say t has

to

be good

so

JS You knew t did

SS

Nope

JS

Do

a

good one

SS Later

JS Now

SS

Why

now

JS

Fine you

keep

t

wil l go get a l l the

pies from

your

moms

and

her

boyfr iend

and

ksmeronss

messages

SS Ok

JS So

you

won t do a good one

SS nd u won t stop

asking

5



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JS

Last

t ime

I

ask wil l you do

a new

pussy pie

or

do

I go

get a l l

them

other pic tu res

S5

[send png of blue

thumbs

up]

JS Which one

JS

Well

when

you

take t ime from Joseph sand can

t a l k

to

me l e t

me

fucking

know

S5

[sends another

photo

of vaginal

area with f ingers

pul l ing area open with black b louse v is ib le above

and

to

r igh t ;

some

pink

writ ing

i s

vi s ib l e

on

the

shi r t ]

JS That s the same

one you sent

before the cam is to high

S5

o

it s

not

S5

[sends another photo

of vaginal a rea

with f ingers from

r igh t hand opening

area for view; black blouse

with

pink

wri t ing vis ib le ]

JS

That s

nice

ju s t

needs

me

more l i g h t

S5 o

JS

Yes

it does

S5

Well I m not doing

it

JS

Why are you

mad

S5 I

a i n t

JS

I t

seems

l i ke you

are

S5

o

JS Why

are your nips hard

S5 There

not

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JS Looks

l i ke

thay are in tha t pie you sen t

JS May I see your face

SS [sends photo

wi th

same

orange/red

Aeroposta l top

on

as

in

the i n i t i a l

non-pornographic photo sen t to

JS]

JS And

you

smi led

JS and it s on Facebook

JS

Give

me

one

t h a t i s n t on Facebook al ready

SS [sends photo of

V s

face; black blouse wi th p ink

wri t ing

i s

vi s ib l e

in

photo]

JS There i s the

smile

have been wai t ing

to

see

JS Thank you fo r it

SS Yw

JS love you

SS

U

ti

JS

Let

me

ask

you

if

we

was

t oge the r

and

alone

somewhere

could

I ea t your

pussy

and suck your

tits

SS idk

16. I

have

reviewed the Jimmy

Slone

Facebook warrant

response

and

v e r i f i ed t h e re

a re numerous

images of ch i ld pornography

presen t

and

t h a t

Willard

Dean

Hal l used, persuaded, induced,

and

en t i ced Student and Student S to produce images of ch i ld

pornography. Wil la rd Dean

Hal l persuaded Student to

produce

and t r ansmi t to

him

mul t ip le p ic tu res of

her

p u l l i n g

her

shor t s

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to

the s ide to provide

a

l a s c iv io u s

c lose -up

di sp lay

of

her

vagina .

Wil la rd Dean

Hal l persuaded

Student 5

to

produce and

t ransmit to him mul t ip le

close-up

p ic tu res

of her us ing

her

f ingers

to spread

open

her

vagina di sp lay ing t

in a l asc iv ious

manner.

He

t h rea tened to

disseminate

othe r

pic tu res

of Student 5

to convince her

to

produce

and t r ansmi t

to him

these images

of

ch i ld pornography. Moreover I v e r i f i ed

the

i d e n t i t y and age of

Student with Dwight

Creech

the

pr inc ipa l

of Carr Creek

Elementary School .

Willard

Dean

Hall

i den t i f i ed

Student

5

and

s t a t ed

t h a t

she was a

s tuden t

a t

Knott County Centra l High

School. He

a l so s t a t ed t h a t he had

spoken

to Student

5

in

person but did not t e l l

her

t h a t he

was the

person us ing the

Jimmy

Slone

Facebook

account .

I

confirmed

the i d e n t i t y

and age

of

Student

5

with Bobby Pol lard the

pr inc ipa l of Knott

County

Centra l

High

School .

17. In add i t ion to confess ing to

Detect ive

Dials t h a t

he

obta ined

nude

images of minors us ing the Jimmy Slone Facebook

account

as

well as othe r accounts not

named

in t h i s

Aff idav i t

Willa rd Dean Hall a lso confessed to

Detect ive

Dials t h a t

add i t iona l

nude

images

of

minors

would

be found

on

the

i tems

se ized dur ing the search warrant .

8



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CONCLUSION

The above-descr ibed conduct

invo lv ing

Student 1 and

Student

5 provide probable cause t h a t Wil la rd Dean Hal l v io l a t ed 18

u.s.c. § 2251 a) product ion

of

ch i ld

pornography)

and 18 U.S.C.

§

2252 a) 2) ( r ece ip t

of

ch i ld pornography)

on a t l e a s t two

occas ions . Wil lard Dean H a l l s

admissions to

Detect ive Dia ls ,

cor robora ted

by the presence of mul t ip le images

of

ch i ld

pornography

in

the

response

to the search

warran t fo r

the Jimmy

Slone

Facebook

account ,

provide probable

cause

t h a t

Willard

Dean

Hall

v io l a t ed 18 U.S.C. § 2252 a) 4) (possess ion of ch i ld

pornography)

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Thad

Lambdin

Spec ia l

Agent

FEDERAL

BUREAU

OF

INVESTIGATION

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Rule 4 1 ddendum

Per Rule 4 l(d)(3) and Rule 4.1, the Court processed the warrant remotely. The Court verified

the Affiant's identity (by AUSA confirmation, through Affiant self-identification, and by

personal knowledge), with badge # / f

5

0 c./ . Affiant simply attested to the affidavit and

application, which the AUSA transmitted by remote electronic means (e-mail). The Court issued

the original warrant and transmitted same to the Applicant, via the AUSA, by remote electronic

m ~ ~ a i l . S I Q 1 n M B l f , e s s

complied with Rule 4.1.

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Edward

B t k i n s e ~ E STERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY

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States

Magistrate Judge FILED

°'lTB.-la ,.:

Edward B Atkins,

MAY 2

2 16

United States Magistrate Judge

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EDWARD 8 ATKINS

U.S. Magistrate Judge

Date and Time:


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