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UVA Dean Sentenced for Child Pornography
A Crozet, Virginia man was sentenced to 106 months in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography, authorities announced today.
Michael G. Morris, 50, who used the screen name “funshooter2006,” was an associate dean at the University of Virginia’s McIntyre School of Commerce when he was charged in 2013.
Morris pleaded guilty on April 21, 2014, to two counts of distributing or receiving images of child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell said.
“Michael Morris was an associate dean at one of our country’s top universities, but instead of inspiring young minds academically, he was sharing and viewing pornographic images of young children,” Caldwell said.
Authorities said Morris was arrested after a law enforcement officer, acting in an undercover capacity, successfully downloaded videos depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct that Morris had made available to him on a publicly available file-sharing site in 2012 and 2013.
“The children in those images suffer re-victimization each and every time defendants like Mr. Morris download and share images depicting child pornography,” U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy said.
Morris was sentenced to 106 months in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release, U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon ruled.
The case was investigated by the FBI, with the assistance of the Charlottesville Police Department and the High Technology Investigative Unit. It was prosecuted by Trial Attorney Herbrina Sanders of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Nancy Healey of the Western District of Virginia.
Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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