Norwalk Man Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charge: Feds

NORWALK, CT — A Norwalk man pleaded guilty Monday to a charge related to accessing and possessing images and videos depicting child sex abuse, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Vanessa Roberts Avery announced in a news release.

According to Avery, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a report from the smartphone messenger application Kik in December 2021 about a user distributing videos of child pornography through its service. Kik deactivated the user's account.

As federal law enforcement investigated the matter to determine the user's identity, Kik submitted another report to NCMEC in April 2022 about an account that was being used to distribute videos of child pornography, Avery said.

According to Avery, the investigation revealed Jake Scott Flewellyn, 26, of Norwalk, created both Kik accounts and used them to distribute approximately 107 images and videos depicting child sex abuse between November 2021 and April 2022.

On Monday, Flewellyn pleaded guilty to accessing with intent to view child pornography, an offense that carries a maximum prison term of 20 years. He is scheduled for sentencing in October, Avery said.

Flewellyn is released on a $100,000 bond under electronic monitoring pending sentencing, according to Avery.