Metairie Man Sentenced to 87 Months in Federal Prison for Receiving Child Porn
NEW ORLEANS – A Metairie man has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for receiving images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children, including children as young as approximately one year old, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2).
Michael Gerald Marchese, 45, was sentenced by United States District Judge Wendy Vitter on April 18, 2023, after being previously indicted for the crime. In addition to his prison sentence, Marchese must serve a 10-year period of supervised release, comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, and pay a mandatory $100 special assessment fee. Judge Vitter also scheduled a restitution hearing for June 14, 2023.
According to court documents, law enforcement authorities received information in about July 2021 that an unidentified individual, subsequently determined to be Marchese, was using an internet-based peer-to-peer network to view, download, and store computer files depicting the sexual victimization of children. FBI agents executed a search warrant on Marchese’s residence on December 9, 2021, and seized several electronic items, including four portable external hard drives. A review of the items revealed that Marchese used the internet and peer-to-peer platforms to download depictions of children being sexually exploited numerous times throughout 2020 and 2021.
The review further confirmed that Marchese downloaded at least approximately 4,201 images and 339 videos depicting the sexual victimization of children, including prepubescent minors as young as less than one year old, and that some of the images and videos portrayed sadistic or masochistic conduct or other depictions of violence. 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.
U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans praised the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Jordan Ginsberg, Chief of the Public Integrity Unit, is in charge of the prosecution.
This case serves as a reminder of the importance of combating child exploitation and abuse. The U.S. Attorney’s Office will continue to work tirelessly to bring those who commit these heinous crimes to justice.
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. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
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- Blake Joseph Steiner, Distributing Child Porn, Louisiana 2024 · Illinois
- John Doe and Michael Brown, Child Pornography, Louisiana 2022 · Washington
- James Michael Hinson, Received Child Pornography, LA, 2023 · South Carolina
Key Facts
- State: Louisiana
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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