U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI seek the assistance of the
public in an on-going investigation of possible production of child pornography
DENVER – The United States Attorney for the District of
Colorado has obtained a criminal complaint against a doctor practicing family
medicine in Colorado, charging him with the transportation of child
pornography, U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in
Charge Dean Phillips announced. Justin
Bowen Neisler, age 31, of Denver was arrested without incident by the FBI on
March 13, 2019, and was ordered detained today by the United States District
Court for the District of Colorado.
Neisler will be detained while awaiting further proceedings.
Dr. Neisler was arrested after a search of his residence in
Denver. According to information
contained in the Application for a Search Warrant, the FBI received information
from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that
someone using an IP address associated with Dr. Neisler’s residence uploaded
sexually explicit videos and/or images of children onto a social media
platform. According to publicly available
information, Dr. Neisler has been licensed to practice medicine in Colorado and
Georgia since 2016. He has been
affiliated with the Centura Health and HCA-HealthONE networks.
The investigation is ongoing into the alleged offense and
other federal criminal child exploitation offenses, including the production of
child pornography. Anyone having
information relevant to this investigation is encouraged to contact the FBI by
sending an email to DENVERMD@FBI.GOV or by calling 303-629-7171 x 1.
If convicted of the charge contained in the criminal
complaint, Dr. Neisler faces not less than 5 years and not more than 20 years’
imprisonment and up to a $250,000 fine.
He also faces not less than 5 years and not more than life on supervised
release.
The charge is an allegation, and the defendant is presumed
innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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