Taylor Bzdyr, Producing Child Pornography, Pennsylvania 2014

Taylor Bzdyr, 20, Pleads Guilty To Producing Child Pornography In Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.

A Clarks Summit man has admitted to using a computer and a cell phone to persuade a 13-year-old female from Canada to engage in sexual acts which were transmitted live via Skype.

Taylor Bzdyr, 20, pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to producing child pornography. The offense occurred between October 2012 and October 2013, according to United States Attorney Peter Smith.

Bzdyr was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Scranton on March 11, 2014, as a result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Border Patrol Agents in California, and the New Westminster Police Department in British Columbia, Canada.

According to the investigation, Bzdyr used a computer and a cell phone to persuade the 13-year-old female from Canada to engage in sexual acts which were transmitted live via Skype. 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.

Bzdyr faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a possible maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. Judge Munley ordered a pre-sentence report to be completed, and scheduled sentencing for October 2, 2014. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa.

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