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Savannah Resident Sentenced to 296 Months
for Possession and Receipt of Child Pornography
SAVANNAH: Edmund A. Booth, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, today announced that James W. Brown of Savannah, Georgia was sentenced by U.S. District Judge B. Avant Edenfield in U.S. District Court in Savannah to 296 months imprisonment for his conviction for possession and receipt of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(5)(B) and 2252A(2). The Court also imposed a lifetime term of supervised release following Brown’s period of incarceration. Brown will serve his sentence in a federal facility determined by the Bureau of Prisons.
Booth noted that the evidence presented at the sentencing hearing showed that Brown, age 27, possessed on his computer at least 380 images and 18 videos depicting children being sexually raped and abused. Additionally, the evidence showed that Brown traded these images with others via the Internet.
Booth stated that this conviction and sentence is “a step in the right direction in the deterrence of this type of criminal behavior.” Booth commented that this case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, which is a nationwide U.S. Department of Justice 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.
The case was the result of a joint investigation with the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department, Special Agent Joshua Hayes of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Special Agent Thomas West of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian McEvoy.
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