Pasadena Citizen - News
Man pleads guilty to child porn charge
By ROY N. KENT
A child pornography case nearly two years in the making is slowing coming to its culmination.
According to a U.S. Department of Justice news release, Trent Alan Young, 40, of Pasadena pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of receipt of child pornography before U.S. District Judge David Hittner, U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced.
The federal charges against Young are the result of an investigation conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspections Service with assistance from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Sentencing for Young is set for Dec. 3. He will remain in custody awaiting his sentencing. He faces at least five years in and up to 20 years, without paroles, and a fine up to $250,000 for receipt of child pornography. After any prison sentence, Young faces a maximum of life on supervised release during which the court can impose special conditions designed to protect children and prohibit his use of the Internet.
The investigation began in November 2006 when Young entered an undercover Website and ordered two DVDs containing child pornography. In order to purchase the DVDs, he used his name, home address, e-mail address and a credit card number. According to the Department of Justice, Young was a temporary worker for Everyone’s Internet as a data center technician.
On Jan. 10, 2007, postal inspectors delivered the DVDs to Young at his Pasadena address. Within 15 minutes, agents entered the house with a search warrant and found one of the DVDs in a computer. Agents seized four desktops and one laptop computer and numerous DVDs, CDs and external hard drives. Child pornography was found on the laptop and three of the four desktop computers, all of which were generic homemade computers.
A forensic analysis was conducted on the computers and found more than 13,000 images containing child pornography and more than 700 videos containing child pornography. There were images involving prepubescent children under 12 years old engaging in oral sex, sexual intercourse and bondage.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation. Led by 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 to identify and rescue victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Stabe.
According to a U.S. Department of Justice news release, Trent Alan Young, 40, of Pasadena pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of receipt of child pornography before U.S. District Judge David Hittner, U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced.
The federal charges against Young are the result of an investigation conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspections Service with assistance from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Sentencing for Young is set for Dec. 3. He will remain in custody awaiting his sentencing. He faces at least five years in and up to 20 years, without paroles, and a fine up to $250,000 for receipt of child pornography. After any prison sentence, Young faces a maximum of life on supervised release during which the court can impose special conditions designed to protect children and prohibit his use of the Internet.
The investigation began in November 2006 when Young entered an undercover Website and ordered two DVDs containing child pornography. In order to purchase the DVDs, he used his name, home address, e-mail address and a credit card number. According to the Department of Justice, Young was a temporary worker for Everyone’s Internet as a data center technician.
On Jan. 10, 2007, postal inspectors delivered the DVDs to Young at his Pasadena address. Within 15 minutes, agents entered the house with a search warrant and found one of the DVDs in a computer. Agents seized four desktops and one laptop computer and numerous DVDs, CDs and external hard drives. Child pornography was found on the laptop and three of the four desktop computers, all of which were generic homemade computers.
A forensic analysis was conducted on the computers and found more than 13,000 images containing child pornography and more than 700 videos containing child pornography. There were images involving prepubescent children under 12 years old engaging in oral sex, sexual intercourse and bondage.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation. Led by 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 to identify and rescue victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Stabe.
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