Jefferson man convicted on child pornography charges

SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI - A Georgia man who authorities said took explicit pictures of a 12-year-old girl in Nevada, Mo., was convicted Wednesday on child pornography charges, U.S. Attorney Todd Graves said. <br> <br> Gary L. Smith, 36, of Jefferson, Ga., was convicted on three counts in a federal bench trial after he waived his right to a jury trial. Smith was convicted of enticing a minor into sexually explicit conduct, transporting photographs of the conduct in interstate commerce, and reproducing the images for distribution. <br> <br> Smith is subject to a sentence between 10 and 90 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine of as much as $750,000. Smith&#39;s sentencing has not yet been scheduled. <br> <br> Smith was convicted of taking sexually explicit photographs of the 12-year-old girl in a Nevada hotel room in February 2001, then posting the images on the Internet and offering them for sale, Graves said. One photograph was exchanged over the Internet for other sexually suggestive material, Graves said. <br> <br> Smith operated Web sites from Chicago and Atlanta, promising to help girls launch their modeling careers, but instead using the photographs for his profit, Graves said.

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