Joplin Sex Offender Will Go to Prison
By: Dave Smith
Updated: January 25, 2013
JOPLIN, MO--- David Wayne Morgan, 56, entered a guilty plea in federal court Thursday to possessing child pornography. Under a plea agreement, Morgan will spend ten years in federal prison without the possibility of parole.
Morgan was convicted of statutory sodomy with a child in 1997. In May of last year, Morgan allowed law enforcement officers into his home during a sexual offender registration compliance check. He allowed officers to search his computer and other storage devices. Investigators found multiple image of child pornography on the computer.
Morgan was convicted of statutory sodomy with a child in 1997. In May of last year, Morgan allowed law enforcement officers into his home during a sexual offender registration compliance check. He allowed officers to search his computer and other storage devices. Investigators found multiple image of child pornography on the computer.
