SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Missouri man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for attempting to produce child pornography, according to  Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

James Loyd Wainright, 36, of Joplin, was charged in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield, Mo., on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018.

The federal indictment charges Wainright with two counts of attempting to use two minors, on separate occasions from June 25 to Aug. 6, 2017, to produce child pornography. According to the indictment, the first child victim was born in 2002 and the second child victim was born in 2003.

Wainright is also charged with one count of receiving and distributing child pornography.

Garrison cautioned that the charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ami Harshad Miller. It was investigated by the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force and the Webb City, Mo., Police Department.