News Releases and Statements

According to U.S. Attorney Peter J. Smith, Middle District of Pennsylvania, a federal grand jury indicted Michael Savageau, 30, of Lewisberry, Pa., for possession of child pornography. The indictment was sealed pending Savageau?

A Gallatin, Tenn., man was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison on Dec. 13 for receipt, possession and distribution of child pornography following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the ICE HSI Attache Office in Toronto and the Toronto Police Service.

Michael James Sheets of Kansas City was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison on Wednesday for receiving child pornography as the result of an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Jay Edward Glenewinkel was sentenced Wednesday to more than 18 years in federal prison for possessing, receiving and distributing child pornography, as a result of an ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigation that found 611 videos and 1,352 images of child pornography on his computers.

Michael Wieland of Hazen, N.D., pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to two charges of possessing materials and five charges of receiving materials involving minors being sexually exploited.

A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty on Friday to 108 counts of production and one count of possession of child pornography following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Puerto Rico Crimes Against Children Task Force (PRCACTF).

Timothy Brehmer of Broadalbin, N.Y., has been charged with possession of child pornography as the result of an investigation being conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents arrested Hilton Cordero-Rosario, the former commissioner of the San Juan Police Department, on production and possession of child pornography Wednesday. Later that day, a federal grand jury returned a 22-count indictment against Cordero-Rosario.

Derryl Lee Sullivan, a former government civilian employee who had worked as an engineer at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, was sentenced Wednesday to 97 months in federal prison for receipt and possession of child pornography, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Bay County Sheriff's Office.

Okey Belcher, a plain-clothed loss prevention officer who allegedly recorded cellphone video of a child in a Columbus-area Walmart restroom, was charged Thursday with one count of receipt of child pornography following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Franklin County Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce.

Shawn Marshal Christiansen of Great Bend, Kan., admitted that on Dec. 6, 2009, he recorded a live-streaming video in which he positioned a boy who was four to six years old in front of a Web camera and exposed the boy's genitals. The investigation was conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

A mother from Alva, Fla., Candice Marie Miller, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday on child pornography charges following a joint investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Innocent Images Task Force and the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

Andrew William Young, a psychotherapist who specialized in treating children of military personnel, was sentenced Monday to 22 years in prison for producing and receiving child pornography, following a multi-agency probe involving ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Clifford Sweeney, 52, of Emerado, N.D., pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors.

Houston attorney William Gammon was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography. The sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). A forensic exam performed on two laptops seized at Gammon's residence revealed about 9,271 images of child pornography.

Paul Hade of Hagerstown, Md., was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing a child to produce child pornography following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Washington County Sheriff's Office. In May 2010, a child reported that Hade had sexually abused her for two years starting when she was eight.

John Harris, 46, of Elkhart, Ind., was sentenced Dec. 5 in the Northern District of Indiana to 326 months imprisonment and a lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty to the felony offense of the sexual exploitation of children.

Otto Linzenbach, 63, of Leipzig, Germany, pleaded guilty in August to three charges: attempted sex trafficking of children, attempted exploitation of children and travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

David Duncan was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in federal prison for child pornography violations. Duncan, a convicted sex offender, was being investigated for purchasing access to a child pornography website.

Michael Peterson, 58, was taken into custody at his residence by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Peterson is charged in a three-count criminal complaint with possessing, receiving and distributing child pornography.

As part of his plea agreement, Tyrone Jackson, of Baltimore, must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student. This must all be done under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).

Adam Jennings, of Plano, Texas, pleaded guilty on Feb. 15 to transporting child pornography. On December 2, he was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Richard Schell.

David Lavern Paine, a registered sex offender from Orange County, made his initial appearance in federal court Thursday, following his arrest after witnesses allegedly observed him viewing child pornography on one of the local public library's computers. When asked way he was doing it in a public library, he responded "because it's available."

Kenneth Schneider, 47, of Philadelphia, was convicted by a federal jury on Oct. 1, 2010. In the summer of 1998, Schneider, founder and president of the Apogee Foundation, traveled to Moscow, Russia, where he told two ballet instructors at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography that he was willing to provide "assistance" to students attending the academy.

Bobby Cruz of Des Plaines, Ill., who was arrested last month for allegedly transporting child pornography via computer, was indicted on new charges alleging that he manufactured child pornography involving at least three minor victims.