Name: Kevin L Mead
Case: United States v. Mead ACM 36075
Date Of Conviction: July 14, 2004
Plea: Not Guilty
Charges: Possessing Child Pornography
Military Branch: U.S. Air Force
Listed In National Sex Offenders Registry? NO
Contrary to his pleas, the appellant was convicted of nine specifications of possessing child pornography (still images and videos), in violation of Article 134, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 934. The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence of a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 9 months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction to E-1.
The appellant loaned his personal laptop computer to another Airman. The Airman noticed files on the computer he thought might contain child pornography and reported his concerns. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) investigated and obtained the appellant’s consent to search his dormitory room. AFOSI agents seized the appellant’s laptop computer and a number of compact disks.
The still images were found on the laptop and two short videos were found on the compact disks. The government grouped the still images by separate, identifiable victims into eight specifications. The military judge determined two of the specifications consisted of images of the same victim, so he merged those specifications for findings purposes. The two video files were charged in separate specifications. The specifications involving the still images identified computer files that corresponded to the individual victims. Specification 1 of Charge I is representative:
In that AIRMAN FIRST CLASS KEVIN L. MEAD, United States Air Force, 20th Component Maintenance Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, did, at or near Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, on or about 18 January 2003, knowingly possess 73 computer files, picture files displaying the breasts, genitals, or breasts and genitals of a minor female, which possession was of a nature to bring discredit upon the Armed Forces. The single specification of the Additional Charge is representative of the charging approach to the video files:
In that AIRMAN FIRST CLASS KEVIN L. MEAD, United States Air Force, 20th Component Maintenance Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, did, at or near Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, on or about 7 February 2003, knowingly possess a computer file entitled “childlover little collection video,” a video file displaying a minor female having her genitalia fondled by an unknown person, which possession was of a nature to bring discredit upon the Armed Forces.
We don’t doubt the accused is guilty. He possessed it. He knew he possessed it. It is in fact child pornography, and that disgust, recognized and directed at that man, means it was service discrediting.The military judge entered special findings about the nature of the images and the appellant’s possession of them. He concluded: “I find that, under the circumstances, the conduct of the accused was to the prejudice of good order and discipline of the Service and of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces.
Approved sentence: Bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 9 months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction to E-1
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Kevin L. Mead
Airman First Class U.S. Airforce
Convicted Sex Offender
Possessing Child Pornography
