PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 140 months’ imprisonment,
followed by 20 years supervised release, on a charge of distribution of
material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney
Scott W. Brady announced today.
United States District Judge Mark R. Hornak imposed the
sentence on Timothy David Piper, age 22, of Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
According to information presented to the court, on or about
January 29, 2016, Piper knowingly distributed images containing material
depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor.
Specifically, Piper, groomed and sexually assaulted a minor male child,
admitted to taking sexually explicit images and videos of the child using his
cellular phone, and shared the images and videos over the Internet.
Assistant United States Attorney Jessica Lieber Smolar
prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady commended the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and Greensburg Police Department for conducting the investigation
leading to the successful prosecution of Piper.
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