Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Attempting to Produce Child Pornography
U.S. Attorney’s Office September 20, 2010 |
ROCHESTER, NY—U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey T. Swartz, 28, of Henrietta, NY, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer after pleading guilty to attempted production of child pornography.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Tiffany H. Lee, who handled the case, stated that Swartz admitted that between February 2005 and July 2005, he attempted to persuade, induce, and entice an individual under the age of 18 to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing visual depictions, namely digital images. He also admitted that he knew or had reason to believe the images would be transported in interstate and foreign commerce by computer, specifically via the Internet.
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.