Jonathan Lopez-Polo, Possessing Child Pornography, New York 2014

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A 25-year-old man from Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, according to federal authorities.

Jonathan Lopez-Polo, 25, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to the charge of possessing more than 600 images of child pornography on digital media he owned, including a computer and removable media. The images included prepubescent children, as well as depictions of violence against children.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig R. Gestring, who handled the case, stated that Lopez-Polo’s actions were a serious crime that causes harm to children. ‘The defendant possessed images of child pornography, which is a serious crime that causes harm to children,’ Gestring said.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006. Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.

The plea is the culmination of an investigation on the part of Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Brian P. Boetig and Investigators from the Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Chief James Shephard.

Sentencing is scheduled for March 19, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. before Judge Larimer. Lopez-Polo faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for the crime.

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