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Monroe County Man Charged with Receiving Child Pornography

U.S. Attorney’s Office November 16, 2010
  • Middle District of Pennsylvania (717) 221-4482

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 41-year-old resident of Pocono Township, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury today for receiving child pornography.

According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, Michael Nawrocki is charged with using a computer to download images of child pornography during July 2010.

The charge against Nawrocki resulted from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Pennsylvania State Police, and Pocono Township Police.

If Nawrocki is convicted of the charge, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a potential maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

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

U.S. Attorney Smith noted that the case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa.

An Indictment or Information is not evidence of guilt but simply a description of the charge made by the Grand Jury and/or United States Attorney against a defendant. A charged Defendant is presumed innocent until a jury returns a unanimous finding that the United States has proven the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt or until the defendant has pled guilty to the charges.

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