Bobby Ray Childress
From U.S. Department of Justice:
United States Attorney Robert Pitman announced that in Midland Wednesday morning, 37-year-old Bobby Ray Childress of Lubbock, TX, was sentenced
to 210 months in federal prison followed by 23 years of supervised
release for production of child pornography.
According to court documents, in August 2011, while conducting an
extensive investigation into a prostitution ring in Lubbock, TX,
investigators with the Lubbock Police Department Vice Unit discovered a
video depicting Childress and a minor child in a hotel room engaging in
sexual acts The detectives were able to use certain background
characteristics of the room in the video to trace it to a hotel in
Odessa, TX. Further investigation and record checks confirmed that
Childress and the minor child stayed in the very same room depicted in
the video.
On March 21, 2012, Childress pleaded guilty to one count of
production of child pornography.
Assistant United States Attorney William Tatum prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.