Newark Man Convicted of Receiving, Possessing Child Pornography

Newark Man Convicted of Receiving, Possessing Child Pornography

A federal jury has convicted Shawn P. Parrish, 38, of Newark, Ohio, of receiving and possessing child pornography, a crime punishable by up to 40 years in prison.

Parrish had previously been convicted in North Carolina in 1998 for Indecent Liberties with a Child and had been sentenced to 16-20 months in prison.

According to court documents and testimony, an investigation of a peer-to-peer file-sharing network led investigators to discover child pornography being uploaded to an IP address at Parrish’s residence.

Forensic evidence obtained from Parrish’s phone and the victim’s phone indicates that Parrish sent himself videos of the victim displaying her nude pubic area and that he received those videos via Facebook Messenger and thereafter created still images on his phone from the videos.

Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, commended the investigation of this case by the Franklin County ICAC Task Force, as well as Assistant United States Attorneys Heather A. Hill and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer M. Rausch, Director of the Franklin County Special Victims Unit, who are prosecuting the case.

The Franklin County ICAC Task Force is a multi-agency effort dedicated to the fight against computer-facilitated crimes against children. The following agencies are members: Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Ohio ICAC, Grove City Police Department, Columbus Police Department, Grandview Heights Police Department, Westerville Police Department, Hilliard Police Department, Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Ohio Attorney General’s Office (BCI), The Ohio State University Police Department, Upper Arlington Police Department, Circleville Police Department, Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office, and Delaware County Sheriff’s Office.

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