Man Sentenced on Child Pornography

(Cape Girardeau, MO) Officials with the United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri, are announcing 48 year old Joseph A. Morgan, of Fredericktown, is facing 87 months in federal prison for the offense of Possession of Child Pornography. According to court documents, law enforcement officials executed a search warrant at a residence in Madison County in March of 2021 after developing probable cause that an individual was obtaining videos containing child pornography over the internet. Morgan was found on the property, and investigators seized his tablet and a thumb drive. Over 60 illegal pornography videos were discovered on the devices. At his guilty plea hearing earlier this year, Morgan admitted that he used the internet to acquire the material. After serving his 87-month sentence, Morgan will be placed on lifetime supervised release. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.