GREENBELT, MD—A federal grand jury today
returned an indictment charging Cary Anderson, age 32, of Dameron, Maryland,
with six counts of sexually exploiting minors to produce child pornography.
The indictment was announced by United
States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent
in Charge Richard A. McFeely of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; St. Mary’s
County Sheriff Tim Cameron; and St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney Richard
Fritz.
The indictment alleges that from
February 17 to February 24, 2012, Anderson sexually exploited a 13-year-old
girl and produced images documenting the abuse. Further, the indictment alleges
that on February 24, 2012, Anderson also sexually exploited a 15-year-old girl
in order to produce visual depictions documenting the abuse.
Anderson faces a minimum mandatory
sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years in prison, followed by
up to lifetime of supervised release, for each of the six counts of sexually
exploiting a minor to produce child pornography. If convicted, Anderson will
also be required to 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).
An indictment is not a finding of guilt.
An individual charged by indictment is presumed innocent unless and until
proven guilty at some later criminal proceedings.
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. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 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. For more information about Internet safety education, please
visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the “Resources” tab on the left of the
page.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein
commended the FBI, St. Mary’s County Bureau of Criminal Investigations, and the
St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office for their work in the investigation
and prosecution. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
LisaMarie Freitas, assigned from the U.S. Department of Justice, Child
Exploitation and Obscenity Section, who is prosecuting the case.
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