A Guilderland man has been sentenced to 300 months in prison for sexually exploiting a child, in a case investigated by the FBI and its Child Exploitation Task Force.
Blake Spears, 40, of Westmere, Town of Guilderland, New York, was sentenced on an unspecified date for sexually exploiting a child. The crime was committed on December 1, 2018.
According to the evidence presented in court, Spears admitted to using his phone to video-record himself masturbating while standing over a sleeping child, and distributing, to others, videos depicting the sexual abuse of other children.
Spears was found to be a repeat and dangerous sex offender, and had repeatedly exploited a minor. In imposing sentence, United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino found that Spears posed a significant risk to the public, and ordered him to undergo a 20-year term of supervised release, to begin after the 300-month term of imprisonment.
The court also ordered Spears to pay $8,000 in restitution to individuals whose abuse was depicted in images that Spears possessed.
The case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a program launched by the federal government in May 2006 to combat the sexual exploitation of children online.
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.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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