Miami Twp. man pleads guilty to child porn charges

A Miami Twp. man has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to creating and distributing child pornography involving sexual abuse of a 2-year-old.

Travis E. Walker, 36, was indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2018 and offered a guilty plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sharon L. Ovington on Monday.

The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio announced the plea, along with Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Montgomery County Sheriff ’s Office, the county prosecutor’s office and Miami Twp. Police Department.

According to court documents, beginning in at least January 2018 and continuing through May 2018, Walker sexually abused a toddler victim and produced at least 12 pornographic images on his cell phone.

In May 2018, Walker distributed five of the child pornography files he produced to an undercover FBI task force officer via the Kik Messenger app.

Producing child pornography is punishable by 15 to 30 years in prison. Distributing child pornography carries a potential sentence of five to 20 years.

The plea agreement includes a global resolution involving state charges in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, including three counts of rape of a person under 13 and four counts of gross sexual imposition of a person under 13, officials said.

The county prosecutor’s office will recommend that Walker serve his federal prison sentence concurrent to state imprisonment.