Javier Gallegos, Child Pornography, Texas 2015

DALLAS — Javier Gallegos, 49, of Irving, Texas, was sentenced to 204 months, or 17 years, in federal prison for transporting child pornography.

Gallegos, who pleaded guilty in October 2015, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay.

According to documents filed in the case, the investigation began in December 2014 when a detective with the Plano Police Department noticed that a computer with a specific IP address was making files, with names indicative of child pornography, available for sharing.

Between December 5 and December 6, 2014, the detective downloaded 30 files, including 27 videos, of child pornography depicting the sexual abuse of minor children.

Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Gallegos's home in March 2015, and Gallegos, who was home at the time, admitted that for approximately two years, he had used a file-sharing program on the Internet to obtain child pornography.

A forensic analysis of Gallegos's laptop computer revealed that Gallegos had used the file-sharing program to share approximately 234 files, and the majority of those files had names consistent with child pornography. The forensic analysis further revealed that Gallegos had 25 videos of child pornography on his laptop computer and thumb drive, with some depicting sadistic and/or violent content.

The case 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.

The FBI and the Plano Police Department investigated the case, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Camille Sparks prosecuting.

Gallegos will be referred to U.S. Immigration officials for deportation proceedings after serving his sentence.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/irving-man-man-sentenced-17-years-federal-prison-child-pornography-conviction