CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who sexually exploited and extorted minors pled guilty on Tuesday in federal
court in Cedar Rapids.
Lucas Robinson, age 23, from Cedar Rapids, was convicted of one count of sexual exploitation of children, one count of possession of child pornography, and one count of extortion.
At the plea hearing, Robinson admitted that, between 2009 and 2012, he used, persuaded, induced, enticed, and coerced minor females to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing visual depictions of this conduct. He admitted he threatened to distribute sexually explicit depictions of minors so they would send him more sexually explicit depictions of themselves, so they would talk to him when he wanted, and so at least one minor would engage in sexual activity with him.
Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Robinson remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Robinson faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of 42 years’ imprisonment, $750,000 in fines, a $300 special assessment, and supervised release for 5 years to life following his imprisonment.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mark Tremmel and was investigated by the Cedar Rapids Police Department and the Benton County Sheriff’s Office.
Hell is to good for him!!!!
commmon sense would say that mandatory death penalty is possiblly the only penalty that would deter a child molester. If not the death penalty then life in prison, which might be worse than death. Everybody dies some day not everybody spends 20 years in prison being abused like these people abuse children.