Former Maryland lawmaker Robert McKee will serve more than three years in prison for possessing child pornography, prosecutors announced this morning.
A federal judge Friday sentenced McKee, 59, to 37 months in prison followed by supervised release for life. McKee, a Washington County Republican who served in the House of Delegates for 13 years, pleaded guilty to possessing between 10 and 150 images — including images of the sexual abuse of prepubescent minors — in September.
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McKee, who was also the Executive Director of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Washington County since 1978, resigned from both positions after authorities raided his Hagerstown home Jan. 31. Prosecutors said McKee obtained child porn going back to at least 2004 through the Internet and mail order service, prosecutors said.
McKee’s journals document that he simultaneously printed images of child pornography from the Internet and printed stories describing sexual acts between young boys and other young boys or adult men, prosecutors said. McKee’s journals reflected that he then looked at the pictures while he read the stories.
Asst. U.S. attorney Bonnie Greenberg previously said agents acted on a tip from a female resident of McKee’s house who provided a Washington County deputy sheriff with computer printer pages containing the images. McKee, who is not married, is the legal guardian of a teenage girl who other lawmakers refer to as his “adopted granddaughter.”
His attorney, Timothy Maloney, has said McKee has received “care” since the raid.
McKee chaired the Western Maryland delegation of lawmakers from Carroll, Frederick, Washington, Allegany and Garrett counties. Earlier this year, he sponsored the Child Protection From Predators Act, which would eliminate sentence reductions for incarcerated child sex offenders.
Mckee will report Jan. 12 to serve his term.
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