Rochester Sex Offender Charged in Child Pornography Case Pleads Guilty
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- A Rochester sex offender who was charged last month in a child pornography case is pleading guilty.
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The investigation began in early July when the Rochester Police Department received cybertips involving a dozen files of suspected child sexual abuse material that had the been uploaded to Amazon photos.
The criminal complaint says the IP address included in the tip was associated with a residence on Northern Valley Drive in Rochester.
The charges state that detectives learned that 37-year-old Derek Thomas Jeter, who had been categorized by the court as a Level 3 predatory offender, had previously registered the home as his address.
According to the criminal complaint, investigators found nearly 36 images considered child sexual abuse material stored in the Amazon account associated with Jeter. It says the children depicted in the sexually explicit images are as young as 7-9 years old.
Court records show Jeter has previous convictions for felony criminal sexual conduct and possession of child pornography as a predatory offender.
His 2007 conviction for third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a 15-year-old girl originally resulted in a three month jail sentence, but he was later ordered to serve an 18 month prison sentence after violating the terms of his probation, court records say.
He was convicted of the child pornography charge in 2012 and received a 45 month prison sentence.
Level 3 Predatory Offender Charged in Rochester Child Porn Case Enters Plea Deal
Jeter was charged with two counts of possession of child pornography and one count of predatory offender knowingly commits act or fails to fulfill registration requirements.
On Tuesday, Jeter entered a plea agreement that calls for him to plead guilty to one of the child pornography possession counts in exchange for the dismissal of the two other charges.
He’s scheduled to be sentenced in November.
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