DALLAS, Texas – A Lancaster Man Sentenced to 80 Months in Federal Prison for Transporting and Shipping Child Pornography
Meliton Torres, 32, of Lancaster, Texas, was sentenced to 80 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in September 2013 to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography. Judge Kinkeade remanded Torres, who had been on bond, into custody.
According to plea documents filed in the case, Torres admitted using the Internet and file-sharing software to share and transmit images and video files of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. In March 2012, an officer with the Dallas Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit, working online in an undercover capacity, downloaded images and videos from Torres’s shared files.
On March 16, 2012, the Dallas Police Department executed a search warrant at Torres’s residence and seized computers and computer media, which were then analyzed by the North Texas Regional Computer Forensic Lab. More than 200 images and videos of child pornography were on the seized media. Of those, 23 images and 18 videos depicted victims who have been identified.
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.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Camille Sparks prosecuted the case, which was conducted by the Dallas Police Department’s ICAC and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
The investigation revealed that Torres used the Internet and file-sharing software to share and transmit images and video files of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Torres admitted to the offense and was sentenced to 80 months in federal prison.
Mandatory Facts:
- Defendant: Meliton Torres
- Criminal Charges: Transporting and shipping child pornography
- City and State: Lancaster, Texas
- Date: September 2013 (sentencing)
- Sentence: 80 months in federal prison
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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