Enke Facing 14 Years in Prison on Child Pornography

Crawford Co., Mo. (KFMO) - A Crawford County man, 45-year-old Jason Michael Enke, is facing 14 years in prison after being sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography, one count of distribution of child pornography, and one count of coercion and enticement of a minor.

Enke is also ordered to pay a special assessment of $5,300 that will go to victims of child sexual abuse material. Once released from prison, he will be on supervised release for life.

Reports show from August to October of 2023, Enke sent a series of sexually explicit messages during online chat sessions, and via social media, to five people who identified themselves online as minors. He tried to persuade the minors to engage in sexual conduct and shared a video of himself and of a 16-year-old engaging in sex acts.

In November 2023, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notified the FBI’s St. Louis office that Enke had sent a video containing child pornography to an Instagram user who listed their age as 15.

FBI agents performed a court approved search of Enke’s home near Bourbon and found videos containing child sexual abuse material on his electronic devices.