Operation Phobos

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, January 14, 2023 Morris County Man Indicted on Child Pornography Charges 

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 4, 2022 South Florida Resident Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Production and Distribution of Child Pornography 

David L. Holdcraft, 28, of Bucyrus, Ohio, was sentenced on September 8, 2022, to 24 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr., after Holdcraft pleaded guilty to receipt and distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, possession of child pornography and sexual exploitation of children in May 2022.

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 24, 2022 Essex County Man Sentenced to 135 Months in Prison for Distributing Child Pornography NEWARK, N.J.

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of South Dakota FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, August 19, 2022 Madison Man Charged with Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography

A former U.S. Army soldier was sentenced to 15 years in prison after admitting he distributed child pornography.

An 11-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Brian Quinones, a paraprofessional at Midwood High School, with sexual exploitation of a child, distribution of child of pornography, cyberstalking, and related offenses. The charges relate to sexually explicit videos of a child that the defendant allegedly requested and received from a boy he met over the Internet, as well as other sexually explicit images and videos that the defendant possessed and distributed. 

A 36-year-old man has been ordered to prison for production and distribution of child pornography

Eric Donovan Ashe, age 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to distribution of child pornography.

Purge removed content from unverified users and, by Monday, had reduced the content on the popular adult site from 13m videos to just 4m

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 23, 2023 Child Predator Sentenced to 15 Years for Producing, Sharing Child Pornography...

Peter Bilardello, a former Cobb County Deputy Sheriff assigned to the agency’s Sex Offender Unit, has been sentenced to federal prison for distributing child pornography online after entering a guilty plea to the charge in August 2022.

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Indiana FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 27, 2022 Twice-Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing and Receiving Child Pornography Through His Google Account 

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of North Carolina FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 6, 2022 Swansboro Man Sentenced to More Than 41 Years in Prison for Production and Distribution of Child Pornography 

John P. Comer, 52, of Euclid, Ohio, was sentenced on August 19, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Patricia A. Gaughan to more than 12 years in prison and 20 years of supervised release after Comer pleaded guilty to receipt and distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and possession of child pornography.

United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Philip Evans, age 50, of Marrero, Louisiana, to 97 months in federal prison following his conviction for distribution of child pornography.

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution, Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Ted Serr, age 38, of Syracuse, pled guilty today to one count of...

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Tennessee FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 5, 2022 Maryville Man Sentenced To 109 Months In Prison For Distributing And Possessing Child Pornography KNOXVILLE, Tenn.

Michael Stephen Autry has been sentenced for his role in organizing online groups where men posted child pornography. Autry created a group on an internet site that encouraged participants to “share…

SHERMAN, Texas - A Sherman, Texas man has been indicted on charges involving the sexual exploitation of children in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.

Seven people accused of distributing or having child pornography are facing federal charges. The U.S. Attorney’s office said “Operation Clean Sweep” is just the beginning.