In a disturbing case of abuse of trust, a former Santa Fe resident and self-employed acupuncture and massage therapist has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for possessing and distributing child pornography.
Carl Labadie, 60, a Colorado resident, was handed down the sentence in Albuquerque on [undisclosed date] after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography in Santa Fe, N.M., on March 1, 2012.
Labadie’s downfall began in January 2012, when an undercover investigation by the New Mexico State Police (NMSP) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) revealed that an IP Address registered to Labadie was being used to access child pornography. Agents executed a search warrant at his Santa Fe residence, seizing computers and computer-related media.
During a voluntary interview with NMSP and HSI agents, Labadie admitted to using file-sharing programs to download child pornography for approximately four years. An examination of the images and videos on his computers and computer-related media by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children revealed 5,350 images and 200 videos of 129 children who have been identified as child pornography victims and have been rescued.
Labadie will also have to pay $500.00 in restitution to each of the two victims whose images he possessed. He will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales stated that Labadie was charged as part of Operation Artemis, an investigative effort by federal, state and local law enforcement affiliates of the New Mexico Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force aimed at identifying individuals involved in the distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography through peer-to-peer file sharing programs.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the DOJ to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. The operation has led to the arrest of ten individuals for violating federal and state child pornography laws.
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Key Facts
- State: New Mexico
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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