TEXARKANA -KEVIN GEROME LEGGITON, age 29, of Texarkana, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 235 months imprisonment for production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Robert C. Balfe. U. S. District Court Judge Harry

F. Barnes, also sentenced Leggiton to a term of supervised release for the rest of his life upon release from prison, and ordered him to pay $4,000.00 in restitution to the victim and her family. This sentence comes as a result of Leggiton's guilty plea to one count of Production of Child Pornography with Materials that had been Transported in Interstate and Foreign Commerce, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251. The sentence runs consecutive to a six-year sentence imposed in state court for the sexual assault of the victim whose photographs were taken during the sexual assault.

According to a plea agreement filed with the Court, on October 4, 2007, a fifteen-year old female reported to the Texarkana, Arkansas Police Department that she had been raped on May 26, 2007 by Leggiton, known to her as "K-Love". The teenager identified in the indictment as "Jane Doe", told the police detective that "K-Love" took six photographs of her with a disposable camera both before and after the sexual assault. Police subsequently identified "K-Love" as Leggiton. According to court documents, photo albums belonging to Leggiton and containing photographs of the victim were taken into evidence. Evidence lead the investigators to a Walgreens photo finishing department in Texarkana, Texas, where an employee identified Leggiton as the man who brought disposable cameras into the store for film development. The photographs depict the 15 year old girl engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The camera containing these images was transported by Leggiton from Arkansas to Texas.

This case was investigated by the Texarkana Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyra Jenner prosecuted the case for the United States.