{"id":57422,"date":"2024-09-04T17:02:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T00:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57422"},"modified":"2024-09-04T17:04:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T00:04:34","slug":"motocross-instructor-sentenced-to-40-years-in-prison-for-sexually-abusing-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57422","title":{"rendered":"Motocross Instructor Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Sexually Abusing Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"node-body\">\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A motocross instructor who mentored kids received a 40-year prison sentence on Wednesday, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Ryan Meyung was also ordered to pay at least $193,500 in restitution for sexually abusing numerous kids.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Motocross mentor may have raped children in 10 other states\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a5Gp5czAav8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-57423\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Motocross__1725494141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to court documents, Meyung, 33, of no fixed address, sexually exploited multiple young children that he met and befriended while traveling the country as a motocross instructor between July 2019 and December 2021. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2811 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Homeland-Security-Investigations-Badge.jpg\" alt=\"A badge of the Homeland Security Investigations.\" width=\"225\" height=\"283\" \/>As part of his predatory behavior, Meyung produced images and videos of six different minor victims engaged in sexually explicit conduct, including sex acts with him and with each other. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The victims were between 6 and 13 years old at the time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Meyung also had access to and carried around images and videos of other sex offenders abusing children, as well as sexually abusing and recording other children engaging in sexually explicit behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Meyung pleaded guilty in April to six counts of sexual exploitation of a minor (producing child sexual abuse material) and has been in custody since his arrest in December 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Homeland Security Investigations in Chattanooga investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Trial Attorneys Jessica L. Urban and James E. Burke IV of the Criminal Division\u2019s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) and Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin N. Spritzer for the Northern District of Georgia prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A motocross instructor who mentored kids received a 40-year prison sentence on Wednesday, according to authorities. 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