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Inver Grove Heights Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography

U.S. Attorney’s Office February 08, 2010
  • District of Minnesota (612) 664-5600

Today in federal court in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a 34-year-old Inver Grove Heights man pleaded guilty to possessing more than 600 images of child pornography. Appearing before United States District Court Chief Judge Michael J. Davis in Minneapolis, Matthew Charles Stuart pled guilty to one count of possession of child pornography. He was indicted on December 16, 2009.

In his plea agreement, Stuart admitted that on June 2, 2009, he possessed over 600 images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. In addition, Stuart admitted downloading the images onto his home computer from the Internet.

For his crime, Stuart faces a potential maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. Judge Davis will determine his sentence at a future date.

This case is the result of an investigation by the Inver Grove Heights Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an affiliate agency of the Minnesota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Newberry.

This case is part of Project Safe Childhood (“PSC”), a national initiative to combat the growing epidemic of sexually exploiting children, particularly via the Internet. PSC was launched by the U.S. Department of Justice in May of 2006. Led by the Department’s Criminal Division, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, along with U.S. Attorney’s nationwide, PSC encourages federal, state, and local law enforcement partnerships and provides resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute those who abuse children while identifying and rescuing victims of that crime. In 2008, PSC was credited with 2,289 child-pornography indictments being filed in federal court nationwide, a 33-percent increase over 2006. For more information about PSC, visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

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