A Rochester man has been charged with producing child pornography and conspiring with others to commit the heinous crime, prosecutors announced.
Shahmell Robinson, 21, of Rochester, New York, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with producing child pornography and conspiring to produce child pornography, according to U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr.
The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, a fine of $250,000 or both, Hochul said.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Marisa J. Miller, who is handling the case, the defendant raped a female child under the age of 16, while another individual filmed the incident. The conduct occurred at a residence in Greece on August 8, 2014.
The videos came to the attention of law enforcement when another individual posted them on Facebook.com, Miller said.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.
The criminal complaint is the culmination of an investigation on the part of members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Task Force, along with Task Force officers from the Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Chief Michael Ciminelli and members of the Greece Police Department, under the direction of Chief Patrick Phelan.
The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Sex Crimes|Violent Crime|Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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