The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania announced that U.S. District Court Judge William W. Caldwell
sentenced Daniel Curran, 41, of York, Pennsylvania to 70 years of incarceration
at a hearing today in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Curran pleaded guilty to producing, receiving and possessing child
pornography on Dec. 4, 2014.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Judge Caldwell
stated it was one of the most disturbing cases he had ever seen, thought the
maximum sentence was completely justified, noted the defendant was a danger to
young people and needed to be confined for their safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney Meredith A. Taylor
had recommended the maximum sentence of 840 months.
According to U.S. Attorney Peter J Smith for the Middle
District of Pennsylvania, the evidence established that Curran sexually
assaulted a nine year old boy on multiple occasions and recorded the assaults
of the child. In addition, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) located over at least 40,000 images and over 100
videos of child pornography on Curran’s computer and thumb drives.
Curran was originally charged in November 2013 and signed a
plea agreement in November 2014.
This investigation was conducted by the FBI and the the
Northern York County Regional Police Department.
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