Sidebar to “Growing Epidemic of Sexual Exploitation of Children” Feature
Project Safe Childhood Helps Bring Buffalo Man to Justice for Distributing Child Pornography
Derek Armstrong, Chief Crime Correspondent, Crime Report USA
An ongoing investigation, tied to Project Safe Childhood initiative of the US Department of Justice, resulted in another man found guilty for distributing child pornography. As part of the investigation, a law enforcement officer posed as a fourteen-year-old boy. According to court documents, the sex offender sent pictures of a minor to the undercover officer.
Jason Dale Gordon, a 46-year-old Buffalo man, pleaded guilty today to one count of distribution of child pornography in a federal court. He appeared before Judge Joan Ericksen of United States District Court in Minneapolis. Gordon was originally indicted August 20, 2009.
Undercover Officer Poses as a 14-Year-Old Boy
Gordon admitted to sending pictures by internet of a minor in a sexually explicit pose to an individual “he thought was a 14-year-old boy”, according to the plea agreement—a boy who turned out to be an undercover law enforcement officer. The incident occurred August 9, 2008.
Gordon faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for his crime, and a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, to be determined by Judge Ericksen at sentencing.
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
This case developed from an investigation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, part of the Minnesota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. They worked with the Buffalo Police Department and the US Department of Justice Project Safe Child program. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Newberry.
Project Safe Child
As reported in Crime Report USA, “Project Safe Child helped bring charges against 2289 Child Pornographers in 2008.”
This case was pursued as part of Project Safe Childhood (“PSC”), a US Department of Justice project designed to fight the growing epidemic of sexually exploited children, created in May of 2006. Project Safe Child has led a growth in charges against child pornographers of 33 Percent in the last year. In 2008, Project Safe Child was given credit for 2,289 child-pornography indictments. Visit Project Safe Child>>
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