Justin Sturn, 30, of Redding, California, was arrested by the FBI after a federal grand jury returned a
one-count indictment charging him with sharing child pornography.
According to court documents, on February 22, 2012, Sturn e-mailed videos
containing depictions of the sexual exploitation of children. This was
discovered because of a tip sent to the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children’s CyberTipLine.
Sturn was arraigned before United States Magistrate Judge Edmund F.
Brennan, where he pleaded not guilty. His next scheduled court date is June 19,
2012 before United States District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton.
This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Morris is prosecuting
the case.
The maximum statutory penalty for distribution of child pornography is 20
years in prison. The actual sentence, if convicted, will be determined at the
discretion of the court after consideration of applicable statutory factors and
the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of
variables.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide
initiative to combat the growing
epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the
Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation
and Obscenity Section (CEOS) in the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,
Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better
locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children as well as to
identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood,
please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov or call the U.S. Attorney’s
Office for the Eastern District of California and ask to speak with the PSC
coordinator.
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