Montgomery man gets 20 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material

A Montgomery man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for the production of child sexual abuse material.

Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Davidson announced the sentencing of 49-year-old Cleveland Dewayne Chambers. The judge also ordered that Chambers remain on supervised release for seven years following his prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

According to Chamber’s plea agreement and other court records, in July 2022, law enforcement officers in Pennsylvania were conducting a child exploitation investigation on a person in the city of Eaton. Investigators discovered electronic communications leading them to suspect Chambers was also involved in producing or sharing illegal images of children, the documents showed.

Further investigation revealed that, from March 2022 through July 2022, Chambers communicated with a woman in St. Louis, Missouri, directing her to create images and videos of sexually explicit conduct with her two-year-old child, according to the documents. Chambers would then share and distribute the images and videos to others using a messaging application on his cellphone, the documents showed.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) investigated this case, with assistance from the Montgomery Police Department and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Assistant United States Attorney Tara S. Ratz prosecuted the case.

— Information from the office of the U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Alabama