Robert Pantori, Child Pornography, North Carolina 2017

Charlotte Man Sentenced to Nine Years on Child Pornography Charges

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Charlotte man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for his involvement in child pornography.

Robert Pantori, Jr., 51, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. to 108 months in prison on child pornography charges. Judge Conrad also ordered Pantori to serve twenty years of supervised release and to register as a sex offender following his release from prison.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Pantori was using a peer to peer program to transport child pornography from his computer to another user's computer via the internet on January 27, 2017.

Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Pantori's residence, seizing his computer, and other electronic devices. A forensic examination of those devices revealed that Pantori possessed numerous images and videos of children engaging in sexually explicit conduct, including children as young as four.

Pantori pleaded guilty to transportation and possession of child pornography in July 2018. He is currently in federal custody and will be transferred to the custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons upon designation of a federal facility. All federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole.

U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray thanked the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for their investigation of this case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdnc/pr/charlotte-man-sentenced-nine-years-child-pornography-charges