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'John Doe' is believed to be approximately 18 to 20 years old, has pale skin with straight dark-brown hair over the ears, and light blue or green eyes.

In addition to his prison sentence, David Daniel Hicks Jr., 42, of Andalusia, Ala., must serve a lifetime term of supervised release and register as a sex offender.

According to court documents, between October and December 2012, Michael Alan Klevene, 62, uploaded numerous videos and images of child pornography to the Internet. On Jan. 24, Klevene emailed an undercover HSI special agent links to the child pornography.

David Wayne Land, 43, was discovered distributing 2 video files that portrayed minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Marco Laquin Rogers was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison Thursday for human trafficking and child pornography charges after he traveled to Mississippi, had sex with a 4-year-old girl and videotaped the abuse.

Michelle Lee Freeman and Michael Serapis Freeman, a Salem couple arrested last year after a nationwide alert by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seeking an unknown "Jane Doe"" child pornographer, were sentenced this month to federal prison.

During a forensic examination of seized computer equipment, special agents found a video of David Kevin Schultz directing a female minor and a young adult male to engage in various sexual acts in his Laurel home.

On Feb. 24, HSI special agents received information that William Berrios-Cruz, a police officer with 33 years of service, had allegedly sexually assaulted a minor girl after slipping something into her drink.

John W. Vandermeer, a New Mexico man who had been convicted of child rape in Massachusetts in the 1980s, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for receiving child pornography.

Travis Barr, 32, of New Braunfels, was sentenced Dec. 4 to 12 years in federal prison and further ordered to serve 20 years of supervised release after he completes his prison term; he must also register as a sex offender. Barr pleaded guilty June 10 to distributing child pornography.

David Lloyd Beavers, 42, pleaded guilty in September to the child exploitation charge, following an undercover Internet probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Jacob Aniceto Jose Villarreal used his cell phone to produce a video of a boy engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Evan Richards, 22, of Garland, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn after pleading guilty earlier this year to an Information charging one count of transporting and shipping child pornography.

Rigel Colon-Cruzado, 54, was arrested May 20 after an HSI investigation revealed the physical education teacher engaged in sexually explicit conversations with one of his students, a 12-year-old female.

Dylan Jordan, 22, of Madison, Wis., is charged with traveling in foreign commerce for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct, and with traveling in foreign commerce and engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.

Lawrence H. Dorman, aka "Howie, " 42, engaged in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female. Throughout the course of the relationship, Dorman produced videos of himself engaged in sexual acts with the minor.

Alberto Martinez Jr., 49, was charged in federal court Monday with producing and possessing child pornography, and possessing methamphetamine. Martinez's detention hearing is set for Dec. 4.

The Honorable Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam attended the event and provided opening remarks on the importance of collaboration in this initiative.

Steven Ray Hemenway, 47, admitted to possessing child pornography when investigators searched his home in February. HSI special agents began their probe after Canadian officials busted a Toronto man for distributing child pornography by email.

Vincent Tyler Jimenez, 32, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge John D. Rainey who took into consideration testimony from the government and the victims in the case.

Juan Carlos Venegas, 21, a U.S. permanent resident who lived in Crane, Texas, was also sentenced to 20 years of supervised release. ICE has placed an immigration detainer on Venegas. After he completes his sentence, Venegas will be turned over to ICE custody and placed in removal proceedings.

Michael L. Denight, 59, of Mahomet, Ill., was sentenced Nov. 25 to 180 months in federal prison and further ordered to serve a lifetime of supervised release after he completes his prison term.

Ulises Sandoval, 26, who is in custody, faces a statutory sentence of not less than 15 or more than 30 years in federal prison on the production count, and a statutory maximum of 20 years in federal prison on the possession count.

Steven Byington, 69, who was convicted by a jury June 20 of 1 count of receiving child pornography and 1 count of possessing child pornography, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro.

John David Baker used computers and interactive computer services to engage in online conversations with several minor children while he served as a talent judge for a talent competition in Florida. In this role, Baker met minor children who were auditioning for roles in the art and film industries.