Danny Jack Harder, Child Pornography, Texas 2013

Dallas Man Sentenced to 150 Months in Federal Prison for Transporting and Shipping Child Pornography

Dallas, TX - Danny Jack Harder, 39, was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.

According to documents filed in the case, the investigation of Harder began on October 25, 2012, when an officer with the Plano Police Department, operating in an undercover capacity, encountered an individual online in a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing network who appeared to have several files containing child pornography.

On November 15, 2012, special agents with the FBI executed a search warrant at Harder's residence in Dallas. Harder admitted that he intentionally and knowingly received and transported child pornography via P2P file-sharing software and/or networks.

A forensic review of his computer and computer-related items indicated that he provided the password to his P2P shared folder approximately 265 times in 2011-2012 and that on October 25, 2012, his shared folder contained the equivalent of more than 600 images available for sharing.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI and the Plano Police Department, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa J. Miller prosecuted the case.

Mandatory Facts: Defendant: Danny Jack Harder, Crime: Transporting and shipping child pornography, State: Texas, Date: March 2013, Sentence: 150 months in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/dallas-man-sentenced-150-months-federal-prison-transporting-and-shipping-child