Luling Man Charged with Possession of Files Depicting the Sexual Victimization of Children

 NEW ORLEANS –  U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DOMINIC ROMANO, age 20, a resident of Luling, Louisiana, was charged on Friday, April 9, 2021, by a federal grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of Louisiana in a one-count Indictment with possession of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children under the age of twelve years old, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 2252(a)(4)(B). 

ROMANO faces a maximum term of imprisonment of twenty (20) years.  ROMANO also faces a lifetime of supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and he can be required to register as a sex offender.

U. S. Attorney Evans reiterated that an indictment is merely a charge and that the guilt of the defendant must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by 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 better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in investigating this matter.  Assistant United States Attorney Jordan Ginsberg is in charge of the prosecution.