Maryland Man Indicted on Federal Child Sex Abuse Charges
A federal grand jury in Maryland has charged David Lee Mangum with child sex abuse offences in an ongoing criminal case announced on August 12, 2026.
On August 12, 2026, official records from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland revealed that a federal grand jury indicted David Lee Mangum, 29, of Frederick, Maryland, on child sex abuse charges. Charges in an indictment are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes, alongside Deputy Assistant Director William Ferrari of the Diplomatic Security Service and Sheriff Chuck Jenkins of the Frederick County Sheriff's Office, announced that Mangum is charged with five counts of receipt of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), one count of transferring obscene material to a minor, and one count of possession of CSAM. Official records state that during 2025 and early 2026, Mangum allegedly used social media accounts to receive visual depictions of at least five minor victims engaged in sexually explicit conduct, sent a video of himself to a minor victim, and kept CSAM images on his cellular phone.
According to court records, Mangum previously pled guilty in October 2021 in Frederick County Circuit Court to three felony counts related to filming, soliciting, and promoting CSAM, receiving a 10-year prison term with all but 18 months suspended. On the new federal charges, statutory penalties include a mandatory minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 40 years in prison for each receipt count, a mandatory minimum of 10 years and maximum of 20 years for possession, and a maximum of 10 years for transfer. Sentencing will be determined by a federal district court judge if a conviction occurs.
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