MIDDLEBURG, Fla. – A U.S. District Judge sentenced Meggin Anne Evans, a 35-year-old Middleburg woman, to serve 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for the production of child sexual abuse material.
She has been in custody since her arrest in 2022. She pleads guilty in March.
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According to court documents, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) started an investigation after receiving information about child sexual abuse material being sent on a social media account.
Investigators later learned the files were sent from within the Putnam County Jail.
PCSO connected the social media account to Brandon Paul Smolinski, Evans’ husband, who was working for a transportation company at the time and had worked inside the jail.
According to PCSO, the company provided Smolinski’s work schedule, where he was working at the time, in the jail, and the dates and times the files had been shared.
CCSO investigators discovered at Smolinki’s home he uploaded the files to the same social media account.
Detectives from both counties approached Smolinki in the parking lot at the Putnam County Jail. He admitted to distributing the files and watching them with Evans, according to investigators.
Upon their discovery of Smolinski’s cellphone, they showed multiple files of child sexual abuse material, including a video sent to Evans on June 27, 2022. In addition, they found several chat messages between Smolinski and Evans in which they talked about exploiting children and their sexual attraction to children.
Details emerged on October 28, 2021, when Smolinski and Evans discussed performing specific sex acts on children and made future pleads. Evans then sent Smolinski a photograph she had taken of a child to whom Evans had access, depicting child sexual abuse.
In June 2023, Brandon Paul Smolinksi was sentenced for distribution of child sexual abuse. He is serving 17 years and 6 months in federal prison.
“The sentencing of Meggin Evans for production of child sexual abuse material, and her husband’s sentencing earlier this year for distribution, is a testament to the commitment of the detectives and special agents who work relentlessly to combat the sexual abuse of children,” said Tim Hemker, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for Homeland Security Investigations in Jacksonville. “Working alongside our partners at the Northeast Florida INTERCEPT Task Force, we remain committed in our resolve to identify and rescue child victims and bring child sexual predators to justice.”