FORNEY, Texas — A 45-year-old Forney man has been sentenced to 480 months in federal prison for sexually abusing at least 10 boys while producing child pornography.
FORNEY, Texas — A 45-year-old Forney man has been sentenced to 480 months in federal prison for sexually abusing at least 10 boys while producing child pornography.
Earlier this morning, U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade sentenced 45-year-old Kevin Scott Morris to 480 months in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release. Morris pled guilty in December 2017 to one count of enticement of a minor.
Authorities say, Morris posed as a film director, a member of law enforcement, and a photographer to entice, photograph, and molest young boys.
In a factual resume in support of Morris' guilty plea, federal prosecutors say, from at least 2009 until his 2016 arrest, Morris posed as a member of law enforcement, a photographer, and/or a film director to convince minors and their parents to allow him to film, photograph, and sometimes travel with the children in furtherance of a proposed modeling or acting career.
During these sessions, Morris would build trust, groom, and sexually abuse and/or produce child pornography.
"Law enforcement learned of Morris’ abuse when one of his victims made an outcry that Morris had sexually abused him when he was thirteen years old," stated a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Texas.
When Morris was arrested,discovered numerous videos and images of Morris sexually abusing several other children.
Morris was also in possession of child pornography he did not produce including videos of toddlers being sexually abused and a video of a prepubescent boy being raped with his hands tied behind his back, according to the release.
"Morris and the government entered into a plea agreement, in which both parties agreed to the term of imprisonment," stated the release.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The FBI, the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office, and the Cypress Police Department in California investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jamie L. Hoxie prosecuted.