Show-Me State Times

A registered sex offender residing in Park Hills, Missouri, has been arrested following an indictment accusing him of child enticement and child pornography offenses.

Reginald M. Miller, 56, appeared in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty. Miller was indicted by a grand jury on July 10 with six felonies: enticement and coercion of a minor as a repeat offender, attempted travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct as a repeat offender, solicitation of child pornography as a prior offender, receiving child pornography as a prior offender, transfer of obscene material to a minor, and commission of a felony involving a minor as a prior offender.

The indictment alleges that Miller attempted to coerce a minor under the age of 15 into engaging in sexual activity, crossed state lines to engage in a sex act with someone younger than 15, solicited images containing child pornography, received images containing child pornography, and sent pictures of his genitals between December 1, 2023, and April 29, 2024.

The LaSalle Police Department, LaSalle County Sheriff's Office, Park Hills Police Department and FBI’s St. Louis Division investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jillian Anderson is prosecuting.

The enticement charge carries penalties ranging from at least ten years to three life sentences. The attempted travel charge is punishable by up to ninety years in prison. The solicitation of child pornography as a prior offender carries penalties ranging from fifteen to forty years in prison.

Charges set forth in an indictment are merely accusations and do not constitute proof of guilt. Every defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

This case is part of Project Safe Childhood—a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Department's Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section—Project Safe Childhood coordinates federal, state and local resources to locate apprehend prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet while identifying rescuing victims.

For more information about Project Safe Childhood visit www.justice.gov/psc.