Daniel Lee Brown, Receiving Child Pornography, Louisiana 2016

A Delhi man has been found guilty of receiving child pornography in a shocking case that has sent shockwaves through the community. Daniel Lee Brown, 28, of Delhi, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to one count of receiving child pornography before U.S. District Judge Robert G. James on Monday.

According to evidence presented at the guilty plea, Brown used the internet and Facebook to pretend to be a teenager and directed a 12-year-old child from out of state to produce and send him child pornography. The child pornography was received by Brown using his computer in Delhi on October 28, 2014.

Brown faces a possible sentence of five to 20 years in prison, five years to life of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. He also faces forfeiture of the equipment used to store the child pornography and must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

A sentencing date of December 5, 2016, has been set for Brown. This case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Homeland Security Investigations, the Louisiana State Police, the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the Bossier City Marshal’s Office.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert W. Gillespie Jr. is prosecuting the case. The case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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 about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) encourage the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at (866) 347-2423. Investigators are available at all hours to answer hotline calls. Tips or other information can also be submitted to ICE online by visiting their website at www.ice.gov/exec/forms/hsi-tips/tips.asp or through the Operation Predator smartphone application www.ice.gov/predator/smartphone-app. Tips may be submitted anonymously.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdla/pr/delhi-man-pleads-guilty-receiving-child-pornography