NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A Newport News man with multiple previous convictions for child sexual offenses pled guilty on Sept. 17 to transportation of child sexual abuse material, or CSAM.

According to court documents, on April 11-12 and 27, 2023, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, or NCMEC received Cybertipline reports of files containing CSAM uploaded to a Google account.

51-year-old Justus Clay Pease uploaded the photos. He is a registered sex offender who was convicted in Hampton Circuit Court in 2005 of two counts of indecent liberties with a child by a custodian and in 2007 of one count of indecent liberties with children.

In addition to the child sexual abuse material identified in the reports, Pease’s Google Photos account included more files of child sexual abuse.

Pease is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 16, 2025, and faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years and up to 40 years in prison.