WICHITA, KAN. – A Georgia man made his initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge after a federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging him with crossing state lines to allegedly have sex with a minor.
According to court documents, Cameron Blount, 24, of Savannah, Georgia, was indicted on one count of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.
In February 2026, Blount is accused of traveling from Georgia to Kansas intending to take part in sexual conduct with a minor victim.
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Chanute Police Department are investigating the case.
Project Safe ChildhoodThis case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.
An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.