Robert Charles Chavez, Receiving Child Pornography, California 2023

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A local man has been sentenced to 11 years and one month in prison for receiving child pornography, a federal prosecutor announced.

Robert Charles Chavez, 33, of Sacramento, was sentenced on [date] to 11 years and one month in prison for receiving child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott said.

According to court documents, in March 2015, Chavez used peer-to-peer file sharing software to download from the internet videos and images of nude prepubescent children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

This case was investigated by the Sacramento Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, a federally and state-funded task force managed by the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department with agents from federal, state, and local agencies.

The Sacramento ICAC investigates online child exploitation crimes, including child pornography, enticement, and sex trafficking. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brian A. Fogerty and Mira Chernick prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute those who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc.

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