Pasadena Man Admits to Distributing Disturbing, Heinous Videos of Minors 

DOJ Press

Baltimore, Maryland – A Maryland man has confessed to his crimes that involved sharing abuse and obscene videos of adults and children over a one-year period online.

Raymond Martin Shamer, III, age 21, of Pasadena, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession of child pornography.  Shamer admitted that he also distributed child pornography.

According to his guilty plea, “From at least July 7, 2019 through June 24, 2020, Shamer used online accounts to communicate with others about child pornography, to distribute child pornography, and to collect child pornography.  Many of the files Shamer collected documented adults sexually abusing of infants and toddlers while they are bound and subjected to other violent conduct.”

The Department of Justice issued the following statement regarding Shamer’s heinous crime:


Shamer admitted that he used a secure communication application to upload images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and that he shared links to those images with a group of users with whom he engaged in group chat conversations.

On June 24, 2020, a search warrant was executed at Shamer’s residence and investigators seized Shamer’s cell phones and computer.  A subsequent forensic examination of the devices revealed a total of more than 1,000 images of child pornography on Shamer’s devices.

As detailed in his plea agreement, upon his release from prison, Shamer will be required to register as a sex offender in the places where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”). 

Shamer and the government have agreed that, if the Court accepts the plea agreement, Shamer will be sentenced to at least three years in federal prison, followed by at least 20 years of supervised release.  U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander has scheduled sentencing for November 29, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. 

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