Badges - U.S. citizen living and working in Mexico pleads guilty to possession of child pornography
- From: CarlGlas@xxxxxxxxxxx
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- Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:24:50 -0500
July 6, 2010
HOUSTON - David Aric Ladewig, 43, has pleaded
guilty to one count of possession of child
pornography before U.S. District Judge Lynn
Hughes, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced June 5.
The investigation began on Sept. 9, 2010, when
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers
at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston
conducted an inbound inspection on Continental
Airlines passenger David Ladewig, arriving on an
international flight from Cancun, Mexico, where
he was living and working at the time. During the
inspection, it was discovered that Ladewig was a
match for an individual suspected of downloading
and collecting child pornography. Ladewig, who
was transporting a laptop computer and an
external hard drive, was asked for the items in
order for CBP officers to conduct an inspection
and forensic exam. Ladewig was allowed to
continue to Michigan where he was visiting family.
During the forensic analysis, it was determined
that both the laptop computer and the external
hard drive contained approximately 1,439 images
of child pornography and 81 videos of child
pornography that had been downloaded using the Internet.
The forensic exam of the laptop revealed that
Ladewig had visited certain websites and that
Limewire and Frostwire, peer-to-peer file sharing programs, were present.
Ladewig was arrested in October 2010 as he was
returning to Cancun. He has been detained in federal custody since his arrest.
Ladewig faces a sentence of up to 10 years
imprisonment and a maximum fine of $250,000 as
possible punishment at his sentencing set for
Oct. 3, 2011. Upon completion of any prison term
imposed, Ladewig also faces a maximum of life on
supervised release during which the court can
impose a number of special conditions designed to
protect children and prohibit the use of the Internet.
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, 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.
The charges against Ladewig are the result of an
investigation conducted by the Houston office of
Homeland Security Investigations. The case is
being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Stabe.
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