A League City man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for producing and distributing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
Donald Post, 69, pleaded guilty to production and distribution of child pornography involving a four-year-old minor female, as well as possession of child pornography, on March 5, 2014. Post, a registered sex offender, was arrested on August 8, 2013, based on a criminal complaint and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge John Froeschner in Galveston on August 13 for a detention hearing.
U.S. Circuit Judge Gregg Costa, sitting in designation, handed Post a sentence of 480 months for each of the distribution and production charges, as well as 240 months for possession of child pornography. The sentences will be served concurrently for a total 40-year federal sentence.
Post admitted to photographing a four-year-old female victim in lewd and lascivious poses and then distributing these images via the Internet. He also authored a document that chronicled his activities with this victim, making references to his prior acts of molestation for which he was convicted and subsequently ordered to register as a sex offender.
The case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sherri L. Zack. It was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Post will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future. This case highlights the importance of Project Safe Childhood in locating, apprehending, and prosecuting individuals who sexually exploit children, and identifying and rescuing victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc. For more information about internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab ‘resources.’
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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