Abingdon Man Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Possessing Child Pornography
Baltimore, Maryland – A 41-year-old man from Abingdon, Maryland, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for possessing child pornography.
Nicholas Paul Pedone, 41, of Abingdon, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett to 30 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possessing child pornography.
Pedone must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Special Agent in Charge Stephen E. Vogt of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
According to his plea agreement, in March 2013 an agent in the Violent Crimes Against Children Section of the FBI was reviewing the email account of a user that contained child pornography and saw that this user had been corresponding with Pedone by email. One of the user’s emails to Pedone contained two images depicting naked prepubescent and early pubescent males and females.
On October 18, 2013, the agent executed a search warrant on Pedone’s email account which revealed that Pedone had sent and received thousands of emails containing depictions of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and that the emails and image files were saved in Pedone’s email account. These emails were sent and received between Pedone and dozens of other email accounts.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein commended the FBI for its work in the investigation and thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul E. Budlow, who prosecuted the case.
MANDATORY FACTS:
1. Defendant/respondent full name: Nicholas Paul Pedone
2. Exact criminal charges: Possessing child pornography
3. City and state: Baltimore, Maryland
4. EXACT DATE with month/day/year: March 2013 and October 18, 2013
5. Sentence or outcome: 30 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release
6. Dollar amounts where applicable: None
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Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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