Erie Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Possessing, Receiving Child Pornography
| U.S. Attorney’s Office August 04, 2009 |
United States Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan announced today, August 4, 2009, that Jason Scalise, a resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court in Erie to one hundred and sixty-eight months in jail and ten years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children.
Senior United States District Judge Maurice B. Cohill, Jr. imposed the sentence on Scalise, age 33.
According to information presented to the court by Assistant United States Attorney Christian Trabold, Scalise received and possessed computer images depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Specifically, Scalise was found to have saved hundreds of movies depicting children as young as five being sexually exploited.
Ms. Buchanan commended the Federal Burea of Investigation and the Pennsylvania State Police for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Scalise.