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Grand Prairie, Texas Man Admits Transporting and Shipping Child Pornography

U.S. Attorney’s Office July 09, 2010
  • Northern District of Texas (214) 659-8600

DALLAS—James Cagle, 43, of Grand Prairie, Texas, pleaded guilty this morning before Chief U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Cagle faces a maximum statutory sentence of not less than five or more than 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and a lifetime of supervised release. Judge Fitzwater will sentence Cagle, who is presently in custody on state convictions, on October 8, 2010.

According to filed documents, members of the Grand Prairie Police Department executed a state search warrant at Cagle’s residence in February 2009. During the execution of the warrant, they seized Cagle’s laptop computer and other computer equipment. A forensic analysis conducted by the North Texas Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory determined that the equipment contained numerous images and videos of child pornography. Cagle admitted that he received and possessed more than 600 videos and images of child pornography.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. 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.

The case is being investigated by the Grand Prairie Police Department and the FBI. Assistant U.S. Attorney Camille Sparks is in charge of the prosecution.

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