Court records indicate Ronald Lee Fields, 56, entered his guilty plea during a 12-minute session.
A federal grand jury indicted Fields after a Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force investigation uncovered child pornography on his computer. During an interview, Fields acknowledged viewing the child porn, referring to it as the "titillating, forbidden thing."
An SD card from a Sony camera taken from Fields' home revealed nude photos of another man and a boy who appeared to be between the ages of three and six, with the boy sitting in the man's lap.
Fields said the photos were taken in a room at Fields' home and identified the adult as Shannon Calhoun, 32, Neosho.
The probable cause affidavit for Calhoun said subsequent images were uncovered showing Calhoun performing sexual acts on the boy over a period of several years. The boy is currently seven years old.
Homeland Security helped locate Calhoun, who had moved from Neosho to West Virginia.
Calhoun is scheduled to plead guilty 2 p.m. September 27 in Springfield to sexual exploitation of a child.
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