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Delaware Man Caught with 2,000 Files of Child Abuse Material, Sentenced to 135 Months
WILMINGTON, Del. – Melvin Janvier, 37, of Newark, Delaware has been sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), announced Shannon T. Hanson, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware.
Following his time in prison, Janvier will spend 15 years on federal supervised release. U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika pronounced the sentence. The conviction marks Janvier’s second time being caught with CSAM.
According to court documents, the FBI Violent Crimes Against Children Unit, with the assistance of State of Delaware Probation and Parole, arrested Janvier after an FBI Child Exploitation Task Force investigation indicated Janvier was in possession of and sending CSAM from Janvier’s cellphone through the Internet in July 2021.
Law enforcement later found over 2,000 files containing CSAM on Janvier’s phone. The files found on the device included images and videos of prepubescent minors, to include infants and toddlers, and materials portraying bondage and bestiality. Janvier had previously been convicted in 2016 in the State of Delaware for possession of and dealing in CSAM and served four years in prison.
‘Our office is committed to protecting children and prosecuting those engaged in the sexual exploitation of minors through the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material,’ said Acting U.S. Attorney Hanson. Janvier’s actions ‘re-victimize a child’ with every image he possessed.
The FBI Baltimore Field Office, with the assistance from the FBI Washington Field Office and the State of Delaware Probation and Parole, investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Samuel S. Frey and Briana Knox prosecuted the case.
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 by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware. It’s a joint effort between federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet and to identify and rescue victims.
Key Facts
- State: Delaware
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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