Ferriday funeral home director pleads to child porn charge
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ALEXANDRIA, La., (KNOE 8 News) - U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that funeral home director John Casey Young, 45, of Vidalia, pleaded guilty before U. S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to knowingly receiving child pornography on his computer.
According to court documents, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, during an investigation of a separate but related matter in September 2011, discovered that Young used his work computer to search for child pornography on the internet.
Young faces up to 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and five years of supervised release. Sentencing has been set for June 10, 2013. The Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Earl Campbell and John Luke Walker are prosecuting the case.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a U.S. Department of Justice nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 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
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