Eric Kyle Nevue, Child Pornography Distribution, Washington 2013

Spokane Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Uploading Child Pornography Video to Photobucket

A 27-year-old Spokane man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for uploading a child pornography video to Photobucket, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington announced.

Eric Kyle Nevue was sentenced to a 15-year term of imprisonment, to be followed by a life term of court supervision after he is released from federal prison. Nevue has a prior 2008 Washington State conviction for Dealing in Depictions of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct.

According to information disclosed during the court proceedings, in September 2012, Photobucket.com reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that someone had uploaded a video of child pornography to their Photobucket.com account. NCMEC referred the information to the Internet Crimes Against Task Force in Washington State. As a result, the Spokane Police Department and the United States Secret Service conducted an investigation and executed a search warrant on November 8, 2012, at Nevue’s residence in Spokane, Washington, and located images of child pornography on Nevue’s cellular telephone.

Prosecuting offenders with prior child pornography convictions is a priority of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington, said Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington. Such cases will be investigated and prosecuted aggressively. This Office will seek appropriate punishment for child pornography crimes.

This case was pursued as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the United States Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.

The investigation was conducted by the United States Secret Service and the Spokane Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Stephanie J. Lister, an Assistant United States Attorney and PSC Coordinator for the Eastern District of Washington.

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