Randall Womble Smith, Receipt of Child Pornography, North Carolina 2021

A Cary man has been sentenced to 165 months in prison for his role in a child pornography case, authorities announced.

According to court documents, Randall Womble Smith, 66, pleaded guilty to Receipt of Child Pornography on February 19, 2021.

Smith, the owner of Plastic Tooling Corporation in Cary, admitted to downloading and possessing child pornography when law enforcement arrived at his business on a search warrant.

During the search, investigators found nearly 9,000 images and videos of child pornography on Smith’s digital devices.

The Cary Police Department and the Department of Homeland Security investigated the case, which was part of the Project Safe Childhood initiative. Assistant U.S. Attorney Charity Wilson prosecuted the case.

Chief U.S. District Judge Richard E. Myers II handed down the sentence. The Cary Police Department and the Department of Homeland Security investigated the case.

Project Safe Childhood is a national program aimed at ensuring that criminals exploiting children are effectively prosecuted by making full use of all available law enforcement resources at every level.

For more information about this important national project, visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

Related court documents and information can be found on the website of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina or on PACER by searching for Case No. 5:20-cr-00438-M-1.

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