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SACRAMENTO, CA—Justin Sturn, 30, ofRedding, was arrested on Wednesday by the FBI after a federal grand juryreturned a one-count indictment charging him with sharing child pornography.
According to court documents, onFebruary 22, 2012, Sturn e-mailed videos containing depictions of the sexualexploitation of children. This was discovered because of a tip sent to the NationalCenter for Missing and Exploited Children’s CyberTipLine.
Sturn was arraigned today before UnitedStates Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan, where he pleaded not guilty. Hisnext scheduled court date is June 19, 2012 before United States District JudgeLawrence K. Karlton.
This case is the product of aninvestigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United StatesAttorney Matthew Morris is prosecuting the case.
The maximum statutory penalty fordistribution of child pornography is 20 years in prison. The actual sentence,if convicted, will be determined at the discretion of the court afterconsideration of applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines,which take into account a number of variables.
This case was brought as part of ProjectSafe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of childsexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section(CEOS) in the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Project Safe Childhoodmarshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, andprosecute individuals who exploit children as well as to identify and rescuevictims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visitwww.projectsafechildhood.gov or call the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the EasternDistrict of California and ask to speak with the PSC coordinator.
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