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Date: 03-23-2020
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United States of America v. Pedro Gonzalez, Jr.
Case Number: 2:19-cr-02231-KC
Judge: Victor Garcia
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (Val Verde County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Sarah E. Spears
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Del Rio, TX - The United States of America charged Pedro Gonzaliez, Jr. with possession of child pron.
In Del Rio, a 20-year-old Uvalde, Texas, resident Pedro Gonzalez, Jr., pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.
Appearing before U.S Magistrate Judge Victor Garcia, Gonzalez pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography. According to court records, on August 22, 2019, authorities executed a federal search warrant at the defendant’s residence. During the search, authorities seized a computer hard drive belonging to the defendant. A subsequent search of the computer hard drive revealed the presence of numerous images of child pornography.
Gonzalez faces up to 20 years in federal prison for each charge.
The investigation was initiated by a lead from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children concerning the uploading of possible child pornography. The Cyber Crimes Unit of the Texas Attorney General’s Office and HSI investigated this case. The Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the execution of the search warrant.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the 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 www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
18:2252.F SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS- 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B), Possession of Child Pornography
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Outcome: Defendant pleaded guilty.
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