A 47-year-old Raymore, Missouri man pleaded guilty this week to attempting to lure a 14-year-old girl into sexual contact and to possessing child sexual abuse material, after FBI agents arrested him the moment he showed up at what he thought was a meeting spot to see her. Jason A. Teeman had used social media and text messages to communicate with the girl, who was actually an undercover FBI agent, before arriving at a designated meeting location where agents took him into custody.
Guilty Plea Follows Sting Operation
Teeman pleaded guilty to one count of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor and one count of possession of child pornography, according to KCTV. Federal prosecutors said Teeman pleaded guilty after making plans to entice a minor, and the outlet reports he told investigators he was the one risking jail time and that he only likes to date young females. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Kansas, Teeman had arranged plans with the undercover agent to travel from Missouri into Kansas and engage in sexual acts either in the backseat of his car or at the girl's home.
The station's report notes that FBI agents arrested Teeman as soon as he arrived at the agreed-upon meeting location, believing he was about to meet the 14-year-old girl he had been messaging. Per the same account, forensic analysis found more than a dozen files containing child sexual abuse material on Teeman's devices.
Evidence Pointed to Broader Solicitation
The federal case laid out additional detail beyond what surfaced in Teeman's arrest. Forensic analysis of his chat history revealed he had sent online messages to other users requesting help procuring a child for sexual contact in exchange for money, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. A forensic examination of his seized mobile phone recovered 14 files containing child sexual abuse material and child erotica, including depictions of children under 9 years old, the office said.
The case against Teeman, who lives in Raymore — a fast-growing Cass County suburb roughly 20 miles south of Kansas City with an estimated population of 25,306 as of July 2024, according to Census Reporter — is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Audrey McCormick following an FBI investigation, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. The prosecution falls under Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide Department of Justice initiative created in May 2006 to coordinate federal, state, and local law enforcement resources against online child predators, per the U.S. Attorney's Office. According to U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, Raymore's 2020-2024 owner-occupied housing unit rate was 78.2%, while the median value of owner-occupied housing units was $339,100.
Mandatory Minimum Awaits at December Sentencing
Teeman is scheduled to be sentenced on December 8, 2026, KCTV reports. Under 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b), a conviction for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison, with a maximum of life imprisonment, according to the Spodek Law Group. His guilty plea to possession of child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A adds separate exposure of up to 10 to 20 years in federal prison depending on prior criminal history and offense specifics, according to Cron Israels & Stark.
Beyond prison time, convictions under federal child exploitation statutes carry mandatory post-release supervision ranging from five years to life, mandatory registration on the federal sex offender registry under SORNA, and no possibility of federal parole, according to the Law Offices Of SRIS, P.C. Teeman's case emerged the same summer that a coordinated multi-agency crackdown swept the Kansas City metro area, involving the FBI, U.S. Attorney's offices in both Kansas and Missouri, and more than a dozen local police departments and sheriff's offices, according to a Facebook post from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, the CyberTipline received 1.4 million reports concerning online enticement in 2025, including more than 800 reports in which an offender traveled to meet a child.
Teeman's case follows a similar Project Safe Childhood prosecution in the same federal district, where a Kansas City EMT admitted to child abuse charges last month. It remains unclear whether the digital evidence recovered from Teeman's phone and chat logs will lead to additional charges against the other users he allegedly messaged about procuring a child, or what specific sentencing recommendation federal prosecutors will submit ahead of the December hearing.
