A Worcester County man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for producing and possessing child pornography.
Laiton Blake Witkowski, 42, of Stockton, Maryland, was sentenced to 16 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for producing and possessing child pornography.
U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander also ordered that upon his release from prison Witkowski must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
According to his plea agreement, Witkowski used a file sharing network which enabled a law enforcement officer to download from Witkowski’s computer on October 8, 2013. After further investigation, a search warrant was executed at his residence on February 6, 2014. Computers, hard drives, other electronic devices and approximately 455 CDs and DVDs were seized, all containing, or were used to produce and store, child pornography.
A computer, eMachine and electronic notebook alone contained 8,000 images and 100 videos of child pornography. The CDs and DVDs also contained thousands of images and videos of child pornography, including images and videos involving prepubescent minors, and depicting sadism, masochism and other violence.
The investigation revealed that Witkowski had produced images and videos of child pornography of two girls in August to September of 2009. The girls were approximately 10 and 12 years old at the time. In some images one victim appears to be sleeping, and in other images, the other victim is using the bathroom, or sitting at a computer with Witkowski standing behind her in sexually explicit poses.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
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Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release —
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