ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Fairview, Pennsylvania, has been
sentenced in federal court to one day in jail, 12 months home detention, and
ordered to pay a $5,000 fine on his conviction of violating federal laws
relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott
W. Brady announced today.
United States District Judge David S. Cercone imposed the
sentence on Matthew E. Poese, 48.
According to information presented to the court, Poese
possessed computer images depicting prepubescent minors engaging in sexually
explicit conduct.
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 (CEOS), 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.justice.gov/psc.
Assistant United States Attorney Christian A. Trabold
prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
United States Attorney Brady commended the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of
Poese.
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