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Accused East Alton Child Pornographer Set for Trial

U.S. Attorney’s Office February 25, 2011
  • Southern District of Illinois (618) 628-3700

Hal Dean McBride, 43, of East Alton, Illinois, indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis in January 2011, in a four-count indictment charging him with enticement (count one), receipt of child pornography (count two), accessing child pornography with intent to view (count three), and transfer of obscene matter to a minor (count four), was formally arraigned on his charges on February 25, 2011, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. The violations took place from on or about November 23, 2009, through on or about August 19, 2010, Madison County, Illinois. McBride's trial is scheduled to begin on April 25, 2011, in East St. Louis, Illinois.

If convicted on count one, McBride faces a term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years, nor more than imprisonment for his entire life, a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised release of not less than five years to life; on count two, a term of imprisonment of not less than five years but no more than 20 years of imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised release of not less than five years to life; on count three, a term of imprisonment of not more than 10 years, a $250,000 fine, or both, and a term of supervised release of not less than five years to life; on count four, a term of imprisonment of not more than 10 years, a $250,000 fine, or both, and a term of supervised release of not more than three years.

An indictment is merely the method by which federal charges are lodged. A defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Metro East Cyber Crimes and Analysis Task Force. The case is assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Angela Scott.

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