Change of Plea Hearing Held for Sheridan Man Charged With Distributing Child Pornography

A change of plea hearing was held Thursday in Fourth Judicial District Court for a Sheridan man charged with the distribution of child pornography. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.

Pursuant to a plea agreement reached with the State, 28-year-old Cody Adsit pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a child – distribution of child pornography. The State is recommending a sentence of 5 to 8 years in prison and to run the sentences consecutive, meaning the prison sentence would be 10 to 16 years of incarceration. 
In exchange for the guilty pleas, the State agreed to dismiss six additional counts of distribution of child pornography.  The plea agreement is nonbinding, which means the Court can reject the plea deal at sentencing and issue a completely different sentence and the defendant cannot withdraw his guilty pleas.

District Court Judge Darci Phillips ordered that a presentence investigation report be completed by the Wyoming Department of Corrections Division of Probation and Parole and scheduled sentencing for May 7 at 9:45 am. Adsit’s bond was revoked and he was remanded to the custody of the Sheridan County Detention Center pending sentencing.

According to court documents, on June 18, 2025, the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that videos of child pornography were being uploaded from a Kik account in Sheridan. A subsequent investigation led to the arrest of Adsit for distributing child pornography videos using two different Kik accounts. The criminal activity occurred between April 17 and April 23 of 2025.