Mingo County Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Child Pornography Offense

Friday, January 3, 2025, 6:25 P.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

CHARLESTON, W.VA.- Today, January 3, 2025, Cameron Drake Newsome, 25, of Williamson, West Virginia, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Irene C. Berger to one count of Production of Child Pornography.

     Following his plea allocution during today’s hearing, Judge Berger accepted the plea and scheduled sentencing for April 24, 2025. At that time, Newsome faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years and up to 30 years in federal prison, at least five years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. Upon his release from prison, Newsome will be required to register as a sex offender.

According To The U.S. Attorney’s Office

     According to U.S. Attorney Will Thompson and charging documents filed with the District Court, around November 1, 2019, Newsome used a cellular phone to take two photographs of a then 3-year-old child in Williamson, West Virginia, while the child was naked from the waist down with the child’s genitals as the focal point of the images. 

     During his plea allocution today, Newsome admitted to taking the photographs and storing them on an online file storage account. By doing so, Newsome transported the digital images into interstate commerce through the Internet. Newsome further admitted today that he stored numerous other digital images and video files in his online file storage accounts, depicting the sexual exploitation and abuse of children, including prepubescent children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

     U.S. Attorney Thompson commended the investigative work of the West Virginia State Police Crimes Against Children Unit.