Jason Clark, Child Pornography, Massachusetts 2013

Leicester Man Sentenced to 24 Years for Producing Child Pornography

BOSTON – Jason Clark, a 31-year-old Leicester man, was sentenced to 24 years in prison for producing and distributing child pornography.

According to court documents, between October 2010 and October 2011, Clark used a five-year-old minor to produce child pornography and disseminated it on the internet by trading it with other collectors and posting it to websites.

Clark took pictures of his own sexual abuse of the five-year-old girl, who he had access to due to his close friendship with the child’s mother and her fiancé. He would stay overnight at their house and sleep in a room adjacent to the child’s room, and also babysit the child while leading the parents to believe that he was a caring friend.

Clark expressed a desire to sexually abuse other young children, including a toddler, in e-mails and online messages. When addressing the court, Clark admitted to betraying the trust of the child who looked up to him and his best friend, the mother’s fiancé.

As a result of Clark’s cooperation with the government, Anthony Hanifan, a Florida man, was convicted on numerous charges, including sexual battery of a two-year-old girl, in Florida State Court. Hanifan faces a mandatory minimum sentence of life in prison in Florida.

‘This case shows how the sexual abuse of children is often driven by the desire to feed the market for online child pornography,’ said U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz. ‘People who produce, solicit, trade, and collect child pornography can cause a lifetime of pain for children and those closest to the young victims.’

Clark pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual exploitation of a child, distribution of child pornography, transportation of child pornography, and possession of child pornography in May 2013. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns to 24 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Alex J. Grant of U.S. Attorney Ortiz’s Springfield Branch Unit. U.S. Attorney Ortiz, Hampden County District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni, and Colonel Timothy B. Alben, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, made the announcement today.

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