Franklin County Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Exploitation Material
Kevin Michael Robinson, 28, of Wirtz, Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of knowingly possessing child sexual abuse material.
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Franklin County Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Exploitation Material
Kevin Michael Robinson, 28, of Wirtz, Virginia, pleaded guilty on September 1, 2026, in federal court to one count of knowingly possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
Court documents state that Robinson had prior court-martial convictions for similar behavior. After his release from prison in June 2025, he was on supervised release and had monitoring software installed on his cellphone. On July 1, 2025, his probation officer was alerted that Robinson had downloaded CSAM. Probation officers seized his phone, and a specially trained officer identified 20,200 images and 101 videos of sexually explicit content, including a large amount of CSAM, both real and computer- or AI-generated.
The case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Drew O. Inman. It was brought as part of Operation Relentless Justice, a nationwide effort that resulted in over 205 child victims located and over 293 offenders arrested.
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