A federal jury has convicted a Boonville man of producing child pornography.
The jury in Jefferson City handed down the verdict against 34-year-old Matthew Klopfenstine.
Authorities say he and two other men took an eight year old minor to a Boonville motel to take dozens of pornographic pictures.
The incident occured in June 2009.
The pictures were discovered on a computer three months later when authorities served a search warrant at the home of Michael Martin of Troy, a friend of Klopfenstine.
Under federal statutes, Klopfenstine faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison without parole.
A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
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