Foster Man Indicted On Child Pornography Charge

FOSTER, RI — A convicted sex offender from Foster has been indicted by a federal grand jury on child pornography charges. John Quincy Adams, 31, was arrested on February 11 and is accused of uploading video showing a prepubescent girl engaged in sex acts with an adult male, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island.

Adams uploaded the video in January, investigators with the Department of Homeland Security and Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force allege. He has been incarcerated since his recent arrest.

Adams is a Level 3 registered sex offender. In 2017 he was convicted for sharing sexually explicit photographs online with a person he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. Investigators say he attempted to meet the girl near her middle school to engage in sex. He was sentenced to serve five years, one year suspended with four to serve, and ordered to register as a sex offender.

This time around, Adams was indicted on charges of receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Richard B. Myrus, Homeland Security Investigations Acting Special Agent in Charge William S. Walker, and State Police Superintendent James M. Manni.

If convicted as charged, Adams faces statutory penalties of up to 40 years in federal prison followed by up to lifetime supervised release. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Denise M. Barton.

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