Alexandria, Virginia – Jeffrey Klenk, 25, of Alexandria, Va., was sentenced today to 12 years and seven months in prison on charges of distribution and possession of child pornography.
According to the government’s evidence, in September and October of 2012, Klenk contacted a man he believed to be the father of an adolescent girl on a social network site. That man turned out to be an undercover officer with the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force.
Over a month-long period, Klenk engaged in online e-mail and instant message conversations with the undercover officer. During this period of time, Klenk used the computer at his home to send the undercover officer a total of 45 unique images of child pornography, as well as several pictures of child erotica and clothed and unclothed children.
On Oct. 18, 2012, Klenk’s residence was searched pursuant to a warrant, and various items were seized, including videos of child pornography. Klenk was arrested that day. All told, officers recovered approximately 13 videos and over 325 images of child pornography from the defendant’s computers and computer equipment.
Klenk pled guilty to the charges in June 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He was sentenced by the Honorable Richard J. Leon. Upon completion of his prison term, Klenk will be placed on 25 years of supervised release. He also must register as a sex offender for 25 years.
This case was brought as part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood initiative and investigated by the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, which includes members of the FBI’s Washington Field Office and MPD.
In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), praised the work of the MPD Detectives and Special Agents of the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force who investigated the case.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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