Granite City Man Charged with Production and Possession of Child Pornography
| U.S. Attorney’s Office February 22, 2010 |
A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on February 17, 2010, JOSEPH EMIL KLUG, age 29 of Granite City, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury in a two-count indictment charging him with production and possession of child pornography. Production of child pornography is punishable by a term of imprisonment of 15 years to 30 years. Possession of child pornography is punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to 10 years. Both charges carry a fine of up to $250,000 and a supervised release term of five years to life.
On February 22, 2010, KLUG appeared in open court for arraignment and was ordered to remain in custody until trial, which is currently scheduled for April 26, 2010.
An indictment is a formal charge against a defendant. Under the law, a defendant is presumed to be innocent of a charge and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Information for the indictment was obtained in an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Metro East Cybercrime Task Force.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Suzanne M. Garrison.