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Local Man Charged with Child Pornography Production
A 29-year-old Lake City man has been charged with producing child pornography after a series of search warrants were executed by the FBI and local law enforcement agencies.
According to the criminal complaint, Robert Lamar Starling uploaded images of child pornography to the Internet using an account on a photo sharing site in September 2013. Further investigation traced the account back to a residence in Lake City, where Starling resided.
On May 1, 2014, FBI agents and other law enforcement officers executed a federal search warrant at the residence. Starling was not at the residence, but was located later that morning driving his golf cart at the Suwannee Music Park & Campground in Live Oak, Florida.
During an interview at his campsite, Starling stated that he had produced pornographic images of several prepubescent children and that he searches for and downloads child pornography via the Internet. He provided the identities of five prepubescent children with whom he produced child pornography.
Starling estimated that he may have around 7,000 videos and 5,000 still images of child pornography. A preview of Starling’s laptop computer revealed that it contained more than 600 videos depicting child pornography.
A criminal complaint is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent until, and unless, proven guilty.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney D. Rodney Brown.
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.
Robert Lamar Starling, 29, of Lake City, Florida, has been charged with producing child pornography, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, up to 30 years in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervision.
Starling was arrested on May 1, 2014, and was ordered detained pending a hearing on May 8, 2014, at 2:30 p.m., before United States Magistrate Judge James R. Klindt.
Contact: United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida, Jacksonville Division, (904) 301-2300. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc.
Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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