Collinsville Man Sentenced for Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography
| U.S. Attorney’s Office June 07, 2010 |
A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on May 28, 2010, STEVEN G. FERNANDEZ, age 49, of Collinsville, Illinois, was sentenced to 108 months' imprisonment following his conviction for possession and receipt of child pornography. FERNANDEZ was also ordered to pay a special assessment of $200 and restitution in the amount of $2,000. Following release from imprisonment, FERNANDEZ will serve a seven-year term of supervised release. FERNANDEZ has been in federal custody since February 19, 2010.
FERNANDEZ pleaded guilty to the charges on January 22, 2010. The offenses occurred in Madison County, Illinois, in February and March of 2009. The investigation resulted from an international lead received by the Federal Bureau of Investigation about an individual downloading child pornography in the Collinsville area.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and by the Collinsville Police Department, which has an officer who is cross-designated as a special federal officer who serves on the FBI’s Metro East Cyber Crimes Task Force.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Suzanne M. Garrison.