ALBUQUERQUE – Danielle Glotfelty, 32, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to a production of child pornography charge. Danielle Glotfelty entered the guilty plea under a plea agreement that recommends that she be sentenced to an 18-year term of imprisonment followed by at least five years of supervised release. Danielle Glotfelty also will be required to register as a sex offender after she completes her prison sentence.
The FBI charged Danielle Glotfelty in a criminal complaint filed on June 6, 2017, with producing child pornography in April 2014, in Bernalillo County, N.M. According to the complaint, the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) initiated an investigation into Danielle Glotfelty’s co-defendant Christopher Glotfelty, 36, also of Albuquerque, in May 2017, after receiving information and evidence supporting allegations that Christopher Glotfelty produced child pornography of himself engaging in sexual activity with two minor victims.
Danielle Glotfelty and Christopher Glotfelty subsequently were charged with child pornography offenses in a six-count indictment filed on July 11, 2017. The indictment charged Danielle Glotfelty and Christopher Glotfelty with producing child pornography on March 5, 2014. It also charged Christopher Glotfelty with producing child pornography on April 29, 2014, and possessing child pornography on two thumb drives and a memory stick within a camera on May 11, 2017.
During today’s proceedings, Danielle Glotfelty pled guilty to one count of producing child pornography. In entering the guilty plea, Danielle Glotfelty admitted that in March 2014 and April 2014, she aided and abetted Christopher Glotfelty in producing child pornography involving a seven-year-old child. Danielle Glotfelty’s plea agreement recommends that she serve her federal sentence concurrently with any prison sentence imposed in the state case in which she is being prosecuted on related state charges.
On July 25, 2018, Christopher Glotfelty pled guilty to one count of producing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. In entering the guilty plea, Christopher Glotfelty admitted that on March 5, 2014, he used a digital camera to produce child pornography of a seven-year-old child, and saved the video recording on a memory stick within the digital camera. Christopher Glotfelty also admitted that from 2014 through May 2017, he possessed a thumb drive that contained approximately 297 images and nine videos of child pornography.
This case was investigated by the Albuquerque office of the FBI and the APD. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathon M. Gerson is prosecuting the case as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the DOJ to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and DOJ’s 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.
Danielle Glotfelty and Christopher Glotfelty have been in federal custody since their arrests and will remain detained pending their sentencing hearing, which have yet to be scheduled.
As part of the plea agreement, Danielle Glotfelty will be required to register as a sex offender after she completes her prison sentence. The case is a reminder of the importance of protecting children from exploitation and abuse.
The investigation and prosecution of this case is a testament to the commitment of law enforcement agencies to bring perpetrators of child pornography to justice.
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Key Facts
- State: New Mexico
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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