John Andrew Blaes, 49, from Parkville, Md., was sentenced today to 27 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for conspiracy to produce child porn and transporting a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct, according to the FBI.
Some time prior to March 2010, Blaes and his co-conspirator, Margaret Jones, 37, met online and became involved in a sexual relationship. Blaes used the Internet to recruit other women and girls into a bondage and sadistic sexual lifestyle.
On July 5, 2011, Blaes and Jones sent pornographic pictures of themselves to a young girl and solicited the child to have sex with the couple.
On July 22, 2011, Blaes and Jones traveled to the victim’s home in N.C.
After meeting the child in N.C., Blaes and Jones sexually abused her in the back of their vehicle, including using bondage with ropes, chains, and clamps.
The next day, Blaes and Jones rented a hotel room in N.C. to have more sex with the victim. The couple used a camera to document the sexual abuse of the victim in the van and the hotel. The images include sadistic and masochistic conduct.
From July 22 to November 20, 2011, Blaes and Jones engaged in sex acts with the victim multiple times a week after returning back to Md.
Blaes also cut the victim and held lemons to her injuries.
The victim was kept in their residence or in their control at all times and was not enrolled in school.
Blaes and Jones used a camera and cell phones to photograph the victim in sexually explicit poses and their sexual abuse of the victim. Blaes distributed the sexually explicit images online to recruit other individuals.
Blaes' co-conspirator Margaret Ellen Jones, of Parkville, Md., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to produce child pornography and is scheduled to be sentenced on June 11, 2013.
For more information about Internet safety education, visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the “Resources” tab on the left of the page.
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