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Benton County Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography at the Oregon State University Valley Library

U.S. Attorney’s Office June 23, 2009
  • District of Oregon (503) 727-1000

EUGENE, OR—Cory Michael Papp, 33, formerly of Benton County, Oregon, pled guilty today in federal court to knowingly possessing computer disks and computer generated media that contained visual depictions of actual minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Sentencing is scheduled for September 29, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. before U.S. District Judge Michael R. Hogan.

On July 31, 2007 and August 1, 2007, Papp was observed viewing child pornographic images on computer terminals in the Valley Library at Oregon State University. Oregon State Police contacted Papp on August 1, 2007 while he was in the process of using a public computer terminal at the library. They took into evidence the hard drives of the two computers Papp had used, as well as the backpack Papp had in his possession. A search warrant was obtained for the backpack, and law enforcement officers found several CDs containing images of child pornography and child erotica in their search.

Computer forensics conducted by the Oregon State Police revealed over 2,237 images of actual and prepubescent minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children identified a number of known victims of child sexual abuse in the images found in Papp’s possession.

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.

This case was investigated by the Oregon State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney AnneMarie Sgarlata.

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