07-05-2025
St. Louis County woman sentenced for producing child pornography involving toddler
ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis County woman appeared in federal court Tuesday to be sentenced for producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) involving a toddler.
Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Raven A. Pointer, 27, pleaded guilty in October 2024 to one count of production of child pornography.
Pointer admitted coercing the toddler in 2022 into engaging in sexual conduct and using her phone to produce videos involving the child on six different occasions.
In August 2023, agents with the Department of Homeland Security learned that a man in Montgomery, Alabama, was distributing child sexual abuse material. Agents learned he had also been communicating with a woman, later identified as Pointer.
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Phone records later confirmed he received a video from Pointer that contained child sexual abuse materials. Investigators matched details in the videos to her and the location where the videos had been filmed.
Following her arrest, prosecutors said Pointer attempted to contact the victim and berated the victim's father for seeking restitution in the case.
A U.S. District Court judge sentenced Pointer to 25 years in federal prison and ordered her to pay $15,000 in restitution. Upon her release, Pointer will be on supervised release for the remainder of her life.
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