A Southeast District man has been sentenced to a significant prison term after pleading guilty to charges of distributing child sexual abuse materials. Stevenson Allen, 21, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, and has also been ordered to pay $31,500 in restitution to the victims, as reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
According to court documents, Allen, also known by the username "prettyboi," was caught by the FBI after encouraging a user on a messaging platform to sexually abuse their minor child, on July 17, 2024. Over several weeks, Allen solicited and exchanged a disturbing collection of imagery, some of which depicted the sexual assault of very young children. The sentencing, delivered by Judge Trevor N. McFadden, is a result of a guilty plea entered on September 17, to one count of distribution of child pornography.
The investigation uncovered that between December 2023 and August 2024, Allen had exchanged more than 300 explicit images, crossing the lines into depictions of child sexual abuse materials, child erotica, adult pornography, and bestiality. This was done through his iPhone, which contained 17 chat threads with various users revealing the extent of the content he shared and received. A search warrant executed on September 12, 2024, at Allen's residence in Southeast Washington D.C. led law enforcement to this evidence.
Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative of the Department of Justice targeting the epidemic of child exploitation, backs the case. As a part of this initiative, the Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, composed of FBI agents and detectives from northern Virginia and the District of Columbia, is charged with investigating and bringing federal charges against those who prey upon children. After being alerted on July 17, 2024, by a messaging platform user, Allen was brought down, who cooperated with the task force, which resulted in his arrest and prosecution.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca G. Ross was responsible for prosecuting this case. More information about Project Safe Childhood and the efforts to combat child exploitation can be found on their website, encouraging individuals to learn more about how they can get involved in the prevention of such egregious crimes.
