Date: 11-30-2015

Case Style: United States of America v. Michael Glover

Case Number: 1:15-cr-01288-JCH

Judge: JCH

Court: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Bernalillo County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Shammara H. Hendeson

Defendant's Attorney: John F. Robbenhaar FPD

Description: Albuquerque, NM - Prior Sex Offender from Ohio Pleads Guilty to Federal Child Pornography Charges in New Mexico

Plea Agreement Requires Imposition of Ten to Fifteen Year Prison Sentence; Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood and “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative

Michael Glover, 36, of Canton, Ohio, pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Glover will be sentenced to a prison term within the range of ten to 15 years followed by a lifetime of supervised release.

Glover was arrested in April 2015, in Ohio on an indictment alleging child pornography charges that was filed in Albuquerque. Thereafter, Glover was transported to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in Albuquerque to face the charges against him. He has been in federal custody since his arrest.

The six-count indictment charged Glover, a former Albuquerque resident, with three counts of distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and three counts of possession of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The three distribution counts alleged that Glover distributed child pornography in Bernalillo County, N.M., on May 27, 2013, Aug. 11, 2013, and Aug. 12, 2013. The three possession counts alleged that Glover possessed child pornography in Bernalillo County during three periods in 2013: from May 24, 2013 to Aug. 19, 2013; from July 18, 2013 to Aug. 19, 2013; and from July 21, 2013 to Aug. 19, 2013. The indictment included forfeiture provisions that seek forfeiture of Glover’s laptop computer and computer media.

During today’s proceedings, Glover entered guilty pleas to Counts 1 and 4 of the indictment charging him with distribution and possession of child pornography. In his plea agreement, Glover admitted that he distributed child pornography in Bernalillo County on May, 27, 2014, Aug. 11, 2014, and Aug. 12, 2014, by using a peer to peer file sharing program. He also admitted possessing child pornography between May 23, 2013 and Aug. 19, 2013, on three devices (a computer, a Kindle and a flash drive).

Glover remains in federal custody pending his sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.

This case was investigated by the Albuquerque office of Homeland Security Investigations, the New Mexico Office of the Attorney General, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and the New Mexico Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Shammara H. Henderson is prosecuting the case.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and DOJ’s Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 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 http://www.justice.gov/psc/ [external link].

The case also was brought as a part of the New Mexico ICAC Task Force’s mission, which is to locate, track, and capture Internet child sexual predators and Internet child pornographers in New Mexico. There are 80 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies associated with the New Mexico ICAC Task Force, which is funded by a grant administered by the New Mexico Office of the Attorney General. Anyone with information relating to suspected child predators and suspected child abuse is encouraged to contact federal or local law enforcement.

Glover, who has a prior sexual assault conviction and a conviction for violating the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act, is also being prosecuted as part of a federal anti-violence initiative that targets “the worst of the worst” offenders for federal prosecution. Under this initiative, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and federal law enforcement agencies work with New Mexico’s District Attorneys and state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to target violent or repeat offenders for federal prosecution with the goal of removing repeat offenders from communities in New Mexico for as long as possible. Because New Mexico’s violent crime rates, on a per capita basis, are amongst the highest in the nation, New Mexico’s law enforcement community is collaborating to target repeat offenders from counties with the highest violent crime rates, including Bernalillo County, under this initiative.

Outcome: Guilty

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