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Former Maryland Delegate Robert A. McKee pleaded guilty to a child porn charge in federal court yesterday. Prosecutors are asking for 37 to 41 months in prison along with the requirement to register with as a sex offender.

Prosecutors stated that McKee possessed printed images of child pornography from the Internet and printed stories describing sexual acts between young boys and other young boys or adult men. They stated that McKee would read these stories while looking at the images. Some of the images were of known victims identified by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s database.

When McKee wasn’t working as a Maryland state delegate, he was the executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County. He was also active in local Little League.

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It took seven months, but former Maryland Delegate Robert A. McKee has finally been charged in connection to possessing child pornography. Washington County deputies raided his home this past January and discovered a plethora of kiddie porn including computer images, magazines, and video tapes.

The charges are federal. In my opinion, if it was up to local authorities, McKee would never be charged. Washington County deputies confiscated a large amount of child pornography from McKee’s home on January 31. The same home he shares with his “adopted granddaughter”. Washington County Sheriff Douglas Mullendore, a friend of McKee, was present during the raid on McKee’s home. Instead of informing the public that a large stash of child pornography was found in McKee’s home, the news remained secret for two weeks. McKee continued working not only as a Maryland Delegate, but as the executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County.

According to his attorney, McKee plans on pleading guilty in a plea agreement with the Justice Department.

Two local residents were arrested and charged with drug crimes on Tuesday after the Washington County Narcotics Task force executed a search warrant at their home.  They found two pounds of pot, along with nine marijuana plants.

On January 31, 2008, Washington County law enforcement officers executed a search warrant in the home of Robert A. McKee.  They seized two computers, 30 videotapes, and printed materials from his home that officers described as being child pornography.  At the time of the search warrant and the discovery of child porn, McKee was an elected delegate to the Maryland House of Delegates.  He was also the executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County.

Robert McKee was not arrested.  Robert McKee has yet to be charged with any crimes.

I don’t understand how possessing marijuana causes you to be immediately arrested and charged with a crime, but possessing child pornography does not.  Which is worse, marijuana or child porn?

Robert McKee was forced to resign from the Maryland House of Delegates and from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County.

A month later.

R&B superstar R. Kelly was found to be not guilty of of child pornography charges. From the Los Angeles Times:

The 41-year-old singer, whose real name is Robert Kelly, long denied charges that he videotaped himself engaging in a variety of sex acts with his then-underage goddaughter.

Authorities said the female in the video could have been as young as 13 at the time. The jury of nine men and three women deliberated for 7 ½ hours before finding Kelly not guilty on all 14 counts.

Included in the evidence against Kelly was a video tape where he can be seen urinating on the face of his 13-year old goddaughter.

His defense lawyer argued in closing arguments that if the jury found his client guilty, they would be calling the then 13-year old girl “a whore”:

Speaking after prosecutors had showed the jury the notorious sex tape at the center of the case one last time, defense attorney Sam Adam Jr said that the girl on the tape had accepted cash before performing a series of sex acts.

Showing the jury a studio photograph of the alleged victim on a large screen, he then told them that if they were going to find Kelly guilty of 14 counts of child pornography, “you are going to have to call (the alleged victim) 14 times individually and collectively a whore.”

Barely audible, he whispered, “My momma told me when we were kids, ‘if you ain’t got something nice to say about someone, don’t say it about her.”

A 13-year old child cannot consent to sexual relations with an adult. She would not be “a whore”. She would be a rape victim.

It’s now been 65 days since Washington County Sheriff deputies raided the home of former Maryland state delegate Robert A. McKee (R) and child pornography. Investigators seized two computers, 30 videotapes and a “significant amount” of printed material, including magazines showing naked children.

He has yet to be charged. Why not?

Even after deputies hauled the massive kiddie porn collection from McKee’s home, they didn’t bother notifying anyone. When McKee wasn’t in Annapolous helping to craft new state laws, he was the executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County. He was also quite active in the local Little League.

Maybe steps should have been taken to make sure he stays away from children.

I just don’t understand why things are being delayed in this case. At the very least he should be placed under arrest and charged for possession of child pornography. If I didn’t know any better, I would think McKee is getting special treatment.