Lee Marvin Koerner, Possessing Child Pornography, Texas 2014

Lee Marvin Koerner, a 50-year-old man from Corpus Christi, Texas, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.

Koerner pleaded guilty to the charges on April 21, 2014, and was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release. In determining an appropriate sentence, the court considered the lasting harm done to the victim and the need to protect the public from Koerner in the future. He must also register as a sex offender.

Koerner was first brought to the attention of law enforcement in October 2013 when he attempted to use his email address to distribute an image of child pornography to another email account. A search warrant was conducted on Koerner’s Corpus Christi home, which led to the discovery of more than 1100 images and 200 videos of suspected child pornography.

At the time of his arrest, Koerner admitted to using a computer to access the Internet to obtain images of child pornography and that he had engaged in this behavior for several years.

The investigation leading to Koerner’s conviction was conducted by the Corpus Christi Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigations.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lance Duke as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section.

Koerner will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future. His case is a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of child pornography and the importance of protecting our children from exploitation and abuse.

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