Wooster Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charges
| U.S. Attorney’s Office October 28, 2011 |
Jeffrey L. Canfield, age 47, of Wooster, Ohio, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to receiving and distributing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and possessing child pornography, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
On March 24, 2011, Canfield knowingly distributed computer image and video files, which files contained visual depictions of real minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Additionally, the indictment charges that on April 19, 2011, Canfield possessed a computer, an SD card, and six CDs, containing child pornography, according to court documents.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael A. Sullivan. The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.