OKLAHOMA CITY—Donald James Hassan, of
Norman, Oklahoma, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Joe
Heaton to serve 218 months in federal prison for receipt of child pornography,
announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of
Oklahoma.
According to court records and
information from the plea hearing and sentencing, Hassan traded pictures and
videos of child pornography—some of which portrayed sadistic or masochistic
conduct—using an online file sharing network. Hassan’s child pornography
trading occurred from March 2010 through May 24, 2011.
In determining his sentence, the federal
judge considered evidence that Hassan had sexually abused a preschool-age boy
on several occasions during the time period within which he was trading child
pornography.
Hassan pled guilty to receipt of child
pornography on August 19, 2011. Upon release from federal prison, Hassan will
be placed on supervised release for 20 years and will have to register as a sex
offender.
This case was the result of an investigation
conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Norman Police
Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Hale.
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