Reeds Spring Man Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
Jeffrey Everett, Jr. will serve at least 25 years in federal prison as part of a plea deal
February 8, 2018
Isaac Estes-Jones
A 22 year old Reeds Spring man who pretended to be a woman to solicit explicit photos of a minor pled guilty in Federal court last week.
According to a press release from Timothy A Garrison, the US Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Jeffrey R. Everett, Jr., is a convicted sex offender who, in 2017, pretended to be a woman online and solicited photos of a teenager from Monett.
Everett, 22, pretended to be a woman named “Alecia Valentine” in Facebook messages with a teenager in April 2017. Everett plead guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor. He has a prior conviction with the State of Missouri of possession of child pornography from 2013.
According to the plea agreement, a student at Monett school turned in the cell phone of the victim after finding the images.
Officers with the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force reviewed the contents of the phone and found the messages with “Alecia Valentine.” In those messages, Everett, as Valentine, sent the victim images of a female. In exchange, “Valentine” asked the victim for explicit pictures of himself.
The victim told law enforcement that he had several chat discussions with “Valentine.”
Officers with the cyber crimes task force received a search warrant from Barry County for the Facebook accounts of both the victim and “Alecia Valentine.” The search confirmed the victim’s account of the matter.
The task force then used the IP address recorded by Facebook for the Valentine account. They determined that the account was accessed and created from an address in Reeds Spring. Further investigation revealed that Everett listed the address on his sex offender registration.
According to the findings of facts in the plea agreement, Everett would only occasionally stay at the home, where he was helping out his grandmother and mother.
Everett was indicted on September 21, 2017 on two counts of enticing a minor. He entered a guilty plea on Thursday, February 1 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Jeffrey R. Everett, Jr. will serve a minimum of 25 years in Federal prison without the possibility of parole due to mandatory minimum standards set by Congress. He could serve up to 50 years. He will be sentenced at a later date.
This case as investigated by the Monett Police Department, the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force and ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations.
Isaac Estes-Jones
A 22 year old Reeds Spring man who pretended to be a woman to solicit explicit photos of a minor pled guilty in Federal court last week.
According to a press release from Timothy A Garrison, the US Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Jeffrey R. Everett, Jr., is a convicted sex offender who, in 2017, pretended to be a woman online and solicited photos of a teenager from Monett.
Everett, 22, pretended to be a woman named “Alecia Valentine” in Facebook messages with a teenager in April 2017. Everett plead guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor. He has a prior conviction with the State of Missouri of possession of child pornography from 2013.
According to the plea agreement, a student at Monett school turned in the cell phone of the victim after finding the images.
Officers with the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force reviewed the contents of the phone and found the messages with “Alecia Valentine.” In those messages, Everett, as Valentine, sent the victim images of a female. In exchange, “Valentine” asked the victim for explicit pictures of himself.
The victim told law enforcement that he had several chat discussions with “Valentine.”
Officers with the cyber crimes task force received a search warrant from Barry County for the Facebook accounts of both the victim and “Alecia Valentine.” The search confirmed the victim’s account of the matter.
The task force then used the IP address recorded by Facebook for the Valentine account. They determined that the account was accessed and created from an address in Reeds Spring. Further investigation revealed that Everett listed the address on his sex offender registration.
According to the findings of facts in the plea agreement, Everett would only occasionally stay at the home, where he was helping out his grandmother and mother.
Everett was indicted on September 21, 2017 on two counts of enticing a minor. He entered a guilty plea on Thursday, February 1 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Jeffrey R. Everett, Jr. will serve a minimum of 25 years in Federal prison without the possibility of parole due to mandatory minimum standards set by Congress. He could serve up to 50 years. He will be sentenced at a later date.
This case as investigated by the Monett Police Department, the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force and ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations.