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Baltimore resident Calvin Henry Sampson III, 23, was sentenced in federal court to 13 years in federal prison, followed by 30 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography, according to the Department of Justice.
The sentence was announced by US Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek Barron.
According to the plea agreement, on March 3, 2020, a tipster saw images depicting the sexual abuse of the two minor victims on Sampson’s phone.
During the subsequent investigation, the victims were interviewed and confirmed that Sampson had taken sexually explicit photos of them engaged in sexual conduct, Barron said. They also stated that Sampson told them that they would be in trouble if they told anyone.
A search warrant was obtained for email accounts associated with Sampson and for his cell phone, prosecutors said. A review of one of the accounts revealed at least four videos and 21 images produced by Sampson that documented his sexual abuse of the underage victims.
“Sampson’s cell phone was forensically examined on March 26, 2020,” according to officials. “After the phone was charged and turned on, it appeared that the cell phone had been factory reset and did not contain any specific user data.”
Sampson was arrested on April 11, 2020, by a Baltimore City Police officer in connection with a separate child abuse case and has been held without bond since then.
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