1,500 child porn files prompt Pasadena man’s request: DOJ

PASADENA, MD — More than 1,500 child pornography charges recently led to a guilty plea from an Anne Arundel County man, prosecutors said.

The U.S. Department of Justice reported that Gary Hammond Jackson III, 32, of Pasadena, pleaded guilty on September 11 to federal charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and commission of a crime involving a minor by a registered sex offender.

According to the Justice Department, Jackson took 13 photos of a toddler’s genitals with his cell phone in November 2022. The female victim was 3 years old at the time.

Detectives said they searched Jackson’s home that month and found digital devices containing more than 1,500 files of child pornography.

Prosecutors say Jackson faces a mandatory sentence of 15 to 30 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor and a mandatory 10-year sentence for committing a crime involving a minor and being a registered sex offender.

According to the Justice Department, Jackson was required to register as a sex offender after his release in 2020 for separate abuse.

According to the Public Prosecution Service, Jackson sexually abused a then 6-year-old girl in November 2020 and took three images of the abuse with his mobile phone.

According to the Justice Department, Jackson also sexually abused the victim on several occasions between January 2020 and December 2020.

Jackson was convicted in that case in Anne Arundel County Superior Court of fourth-degree sexual offense and second-degree assault, prosecutors said.