STROUDSBURG MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR RECEIVING

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

Martin C. Carlson, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a 55-year-old Stroudsburg man was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Edwin M. Kosik to serve 180 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography with his computer.

Carlson stated that Daniel Brown pleaded guilty on August 21, 2007, to downloading child pornography during a three-year period.

Brown’s prosecution stemmed from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Scranton Police Department. Brown was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 20, 2007.
Carlson noted that in imposing the sentence, Judge Kosik granted the government’s request to increase the sentence suggested by the sentencing guidelines by more than five years due to the large number of images of child pornography collected by the defendant (over 23,000) and the sadistic and violent nature of many of the images.

Judge Kosik also ordered Brown be placed on lifetime supervision by the U.S. Probation Office following his release from prison. Brown also is required to pay a $100 special assessment.

Carlson stated that the investigation and prosecution of Brown was part of the Justice Department’s Project Safe Childhood initiative. In February 2006, the Department of Justice created Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys Offices, 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 identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

Carlson noted that the case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa.

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