An Alexandria man was sentenced Thursday to ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to transporting child pornography. Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, based in Lexington for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, delivered the sentence.
Rodger William Moore, 54, said through his plea agreement that in May of 2019, he flew from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) to Fayetteville, Arkansas. After leaving the plane, his mobile phone was left behind. Airline staff found the phone and accessed it to try to identify the owner.
Airline staff notified by police when they observed what appeared to be child pornography.
According to federal investigators, a forensic review of the phone revealed approximately 171 videos and images of child pornography.
On a subsequent occasion, investigators said that law enforcement in Northern Kentucky discovered child pornography in Moore’s car and on various computers and storage devices in his home.
Moore pleaded guilty in September 2021. He was attorney who in May 2019 was permanently disbarred by the Ohio Bar Association and the Ohio Supreme Court on unrelated issues.
Under federal law, Moore must serve 85 percent of his prison sentence and will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for life, after his release.
In addition to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky, other investigative units included the Department of Homeland Security – Homeland Security Investigations (HIS), Fort Thomas Police, and Alexandria Police.
This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.
