Motocross coach sexually abuses several young children

KANSAS CITY — A motocross instructor who mentored children was sentenced this week to 40 years in prison, followed by lifelong parole. He must also pay at least $193,500 in restitution for the sexual exploitation of numerous children, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

According to court documents, Ryan Meyung, 33, of no fixed address, sexually exploited multiple young children he met and befriended while traveling the country as a motocross instructor between July 2019 and December 2021.

As part of his predatory behavior, Meyung produced images and videos of six different minor victims engaged in sexually explicit conduct, including sexual acts with him and each other. The victims were between the ages of 6 and 13 at the time. Meyung also possessed and transported images and videos of child sexual abuse produced by other sex offenders and abused and filmed other children engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Meyung pleaded guilty in April to six counts of sexual exploitation of a minor (producing child sexual abuse material) and has been in custody since his arrest in December 2021.

Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri, chief of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan for the Northern District of Georgia, and Special Agent in Charge Rana Saoud of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Nashville made the announcement.

HSI Chattanooga investigated the case with assistance from HSI Dalton, the Hamilton County, Tennessee, Sheriff’s Office, the Chattanooga, Tennessee, Police Department, and HSI offices across the country.