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Child Porn Kingpin Sentenced to 15+ Years
A 67-year-old St. Augustine man has been sentenced to 15+ years in federal prison after pleading guilty to transporting images and videos of child pornography from Florida to Canada.
According to court documents, Charles Lee Gorish, a registered sex offender, used a fake name to send a package by FedEx from St. Augustine to an individual in Ontario, Canada. The package was intercepted by Canadian law enforcement officers and contained over 600 images and videos depicting child pornography, as well as thousands of images of child erotica.
Gorish was convicted in Hillsborough County, Florida on February 24, 1992, for lewd and lascivious conduct on a minor child. On September 7, 2012, FBI agents and St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office personnel executed a federal search warrant at Gorish’s residence in St. Augustine, where they discovered the evidence.
during an interview, Gorish admitted to downloading the files depicting sexually explicit images of young boys on the SD cards from the Internet over a period of years.
The case was investigated by the Canadian Border Services Agency, Ottawa Police Services, St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney D. Rodney Brown.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the government to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Gorish faces a mandatory minimum penalty of not less than 15 years and up to 40 years in federal prison. A sentencing hearing has not yet been set.
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Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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