Operation Phobos

A Mansfield, Texas man who used Snapchat to inappropriately communicate with 14-year-old boy was sentenced Friday to 210 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.

AUSTIN, Texas – A Georgetown man was sentenced in a federal court in Austin on Wednesday to 70 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release for an enhanced charge of possession of child pornography.

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Joshua Wormley, 38, of Bath, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography by an individual with a prior sex offense conviction, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.

FARGO - United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that Cody John O’Hara, age 35 of Cavalier, ND, was sentenced by Chief District Court Judge Peter Welte, U.S. District Court, Fargo, ND, to 29 years’ imprisonment for Receipt of Materials Containing Child Pornography and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.

BOISE – Richard Alan Stansell, 53, of Caldwell, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for possession child pornography, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today.

GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA —Matthew Leon Arotin, 63, of Pickens, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography. He was also ordered to pay $68,000 in restitution to the victims whose images he possessed.

DES MOINES, IA – On November 2, 2023, a Des Moines man was sentenced to 32 years in prison after pleading guilty to the crime of transportation of child pornography and two additional years for violating his term of federal supervised release.

GALVESTON – A 71-year-old Pearland resident has been sent back to prison for receipt and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Receipt of Child Pornography. The sentencing took place on August 14, 2023.

DAVENPORT, Iowa – An Iowa City man was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDWARD WALKER, 50, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for producing child pornography.