A Ketchikan man has been sentenced to five years in prison for distributing child pornography.
Don Arthur Henderson, 37, of Ketchikan, Alaska, was sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Timothy M. Burgess on March 24, 2016, for a single count of distribution of sexually explicit images and videos of children.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack S. Schmidt, Henderson was identified by the FBI in Juneau in February 2015 as an individual who was distributing known images of child pornography to the internet using a peer-to-peer (P2P) program.
Henderson had made available and distributed five known images of child pornography on the internet using his P2P program. Further investigation revealed that Henderson had the five images of child pornography he made available on the internet located on his personal computer for a total of 716 images and nine videos containing images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, including images depicting prepubescent children and sadistic and masochistic conduct.
As part of his sentence, Henderson was also ordered to pay restitution of $5,000 to the victims of the offense.
In ordering Henderson’s sentence, Chief Judge Burgess noted the seriousness of the underlying offense of distributing child pornography and that Henderson’s actions ‘perpetuate the sexual exploitation of children.’
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 U.S. government.
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Key Facts
- State: Alaska
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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