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Louisville Man Sentenced for Receiving, Transporting, and Possessing Child Pornography

U.S. Attorney’s Office August 06, 2009
  • Western District of Kentucky (502) 582-5911

LOUISVILLE, KY—Michael Keith Adler, a/k/a top_driver, age 44, of Louisville Kentucky, was sentenced on August 5, 2009, by United States District Judge John G. Heyburn to six years and three months’ imprisonment to be followed by 10 years supervised release and compliance with sex offender registry for possession, receipt, and transportation of Child Pornography, Acting United States Attorney Candace G. Hill of the Western District of Kentucky announced today. There is no parole in the federal judicial system.

Adler was sentenced following his previous open plea of guilt, in which he admitted that on December 21, 2007, he possessed images of child pornography. He admitted that he distributed and received images of child pornography, via a computer, in interstate commerce. Specifically, he admitted, that on November 6,8,9,10, and 11, 2006, using the screen name top_driver, he uploaded hundreds of child pornography images to Yahoo.

The activities of Mr. Adler first came to light on or about December 7, 2006, when the FBI received four cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) relating to 361 images of suspected child pornography. The cybertips stated that the images of suspected child pornography had been uploaded to Yahoo. According to records obtained from Yahoo! INC. and Windstream Communications, the uploads occurred on November 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of 2006, and were generated from an IP address assigned to Adler’s residence located in Louisville, Kentucky. The FBI executed a search warrant on Adler’s residence on December 21, 2007, where his personal computer was seized as evidence. A forensic examination of the computer revealed hundreds of images and videos of child pornography. The images included masochistic and sadistic portrayals of male juveniles, as young as 5 to 7 years old, being sodomized by adult males.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorney’s Offices, 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 identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

Assistant United States Attorney Mac Shannon prosecute  the case. The FBI conducted the investigation with assistance from the Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory.

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