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Child Predator Gets 70 Months in Prison
A former computer systems administrator from Jackson, Mississippi has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for receiving and possessing images of child pornography.
Joseph McNealy, 39, was found guilty after a four-day jury trial in Natchez, Mississippi in March 2009 of receiving and possessing image files of child pornography. The federal investigation discovered the images on his home computer on September 14, 2004.
According to testimony presented at trial, McNealy received the child pornography from Internet newsgroups and Web sites between April 16, 2003, and May 21, 2003; between February 5, 2004, and September 14, 2004; and on June 29, 2004.
McNealy was originally indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2007. A superseding indictment was issued by the grand jury in August 2008. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Glenda R. Haynes of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Jackson and Barak Cohen of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section.
The charges resulted from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section’s High-Tech Investigative Unit.
McNealy was sentenced to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine. He will also serve lifetime supervised release following his term in prison.
McNealy received the child pornography between 2003 and 2004 from Internet newsgroups and Web sites. The investigation was led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section.
Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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