Warrensburg man charged after attempting to share child pornography
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 19-year-old from Warrensburg is being charged with possessing child pornography following a tip from a national organization.
Michael Dale Rodd, 19, faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted on the charges of possession and promotion of child pornography. His arrest on Wednesday came more than a month after detectives got a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children through the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
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The tip regarded child sexual abuse material that was uploaded to Dropbox by 'an unknown party within the city limits of Warrensburg, Missouri.'
Court documents say the owner of that Dropbox account was listed as Michael Dale Rodd. The account was accessed on December 9, 2024, where one child pornographic video was uploaded before Dropbox shut it down.
An investigation revealed that the IP address associated with the upload came back to Warrensburg and that the verification email attached to the Dropbox account was Rodd's.
The investigation further showed that in 2023, an account with Rodd's email had tried to send child sexual abuse material via Twitter. Detectives learned that the 19-year-old lived within the Warrensburg city limits and had prior interactions with police.
Detectives served a search warrant to Google for Rodd's email address and Dropbox. They ultimately learned the pornographic video was the only thing uploaded, and that Rodd had tried to share it twice before the account was shut down. Nothing else had ever been uploaded, per court documents.
Rodd spoke with detectives on Wednesday, where court documents say he initially denied knowing anything about the Dropbox account. He eventually admitted to owning both the Gmail and Dropbox accounts and described the pornographic video that was uploaded.
According to court documents, Rodd told police he was trying to sell the video 'because he needed money.' Detectives asked where the child sexual abuse material came from, to which Rodd said people would send it to him via 'Instagram and Mega.'
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Rodd told police 'he needed money due to him being in debt from a car crash in 2023 and had heard selling child sexual abuse material would make him a lot of money,' according to those documents.
The 19-year-old was previously convicted of careless driving in 2023 and put on a two-year probation. He's currently in the Johnson County jail with a $50,000 bond. Court records did not state when his next court appearance will happen.
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