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Indiana Man Sentenced to 315 Years in Prison for Child Pornography
A Bloomington, Indiana man has been handed a severe sentence for his role in producing and distributing child pornography. David R. Bostic, 25, was sentenced to 315 years in prison in the Southern District of Indiana on June 6, 2011.
Bostic was found guilty of producing child pornography images of five children, all four years of age and younger, including one child who was only two months old. He distributed some of these images to several individuals around the world in exchange for other child pornography.
The charges brought against Bostic include producing child pornography and his role in an international conspiracy to traffic in child pornography primarily involving images of minors under five years of age. He initially gained the trust of the principal administrator of that group by providing the child pornography images he produced.
The case was investigated by the FBI, with assistance from the Indiana State Police; the Kokomo, Ind., Police Department; and the Brownsburg, Ind., Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney A. Brant Cook of the Southern District of Indiana and Trial Attorney Michael Grant of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section in the Criminal Division.
Bostic’s sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson, who also sentenced him to lifetime supervised release. The sentence sends a strong message that child sexual exploitation will be punished severely, according to Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as to identify and rescue victims.
Key Facts
- State: Indiana
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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