Kansas City sex offender caught with child pornography due to cyber tip
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been charged with child pornography offenses.
Jeffrey Lynn Petrie, 40, was charged on April 25 with two charges.
The charges include one count of distributing child pornography over the internet in May 2024. The second count is for possessing child pornography from Dec. 9, 2024, to April 24, 2025.
An affidavit filed states that officers received a cyber tip reporting that a was ing video files depicting child sexual abuse materials. Petrie was later identified as the .
The FBI searched Petrie’s residence on April 24 and seized a cell phone.
Petrie is a ed sex offender in Missouri based on prior convictions for child molestation in the second degree.
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