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Mark Rice
Production, distribution, and possession of child sexual abuse material
- Defendant
- Mark Rice
- Reddit role
- user
- Charge
- Production, distribution, and possession of child sexual abuse material
- Jurisdiction
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
- Date
- 2025-06-26
- Sentence
- 30 years federal prison plus lifetime supervised release
Summary
Mark Rice, of Elkton, Maryland, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing, distributing, and possessing child sexual abuse material. An April 2023 cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children flagged the transmission of such material through Reddit, and investigators traced the associated IP address to Rice's residence. Authorities determined he had used a public Reddit community to connect with others, with whom he then traded material over encrypted messaging applications. He received a lifetime term of supervised release.