A disturbing crime has shaken the community of Waldorf, Maryland. Jason Daniel Ort, a 36-year-old First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, has pleaded guilty to transporting child pornography.
According to the plea agreement, Ort knowingly transported videos containing child pornography from Maryland to New York between September 28, 2020, and October 1, 2020. The videos were discovered on a black spy camera that Ort had placed in an individual’s bedroom in New York.
Ort, who was scheduled for leave during that time to visit the individual’s residence in New York, admitted to placing the camera in the bedroom and in several other locations, including a bathroom at another residence in Pocomoke City, Maryland. He watched the videos for sexual pleasure and knew that his actions were wrong.
A forensic review of the camera’s SD card revealed at least 10 video files depicting minor females using the bathroom and bathing. Ort recorded these videos using the spy camera placed in the bathroom of the Pocomoke City residence in and around December 2019 and January 2020. The camera appeared to be positioned under the sink, facing the toilet and the shower.
Additionally, a forensic review of Ort’s laptop seized in New York revealed hundreds of files constituting child pornography, including some that depicted prepubescent minors engaged in sex acts. Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Ort’s Waldorf residence and recovered numerous electronic devices, including a 1 TB digital hard drive, a 500 GB hard drive, and a second laptop with a 1 TB hard drive.
Ort and the government have agreed that, if the Court accepts the plea agreement, Ort will be sentenced to between 10 years and 15 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang has scheduled sentencing for May 4, 2022, at 2 p.m. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the government to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The defendant, Jason Daniel Ort, is a resident of Waldorf, Maryland. The exact criminal charges include transportation of child pornography. The city and state of the crime are Waldorf, Maryland. The exact date of the crime is between September 28, 2020, and October 1, 2020. The sentence or outcome is a plea agreement for 10-15 years in federal prison.
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Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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