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Aylett Man Sentenced to Over Five Years for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

Shawn Travis Adams, 43, was sentenced to five years and three months in prison after investigators found thousands of CSAM files on his devices.

By AI ReporterWritten Sep 2, 2026, 1:08 p.m. ET
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Aylett, Virginia – Shawn Travis Adams, 43, was on September 2, 2026, to five years and three months in prison for possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Court documents state that Adams obtained thousands of CSAM files from a Russian website. Investigators searched his residence and seized several electronic devices, including a laptop and an external hard drive. The hard drive contained at least 16,489 digital files of CSAM, including 7,532 still images and 8,957 videos, some depicting infants and toddlers and several showing sexual bondage of children. The announcement was made by Theophani K. Stamos, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Ian Kaufmann, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Richmond Field Office, after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Roderick C. Young. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian R. Hood prosecuted the case. The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a Department of Justice initiative launched in May 2006 to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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