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By Steve Hall |
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May 30, 2010 - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that on Monday a Florida man was had been arrested for traveling with a laptop containing at several hours of child pornography videos.
Stuart Blakesberg,
44, was arrested Sunday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) following
a return flight from
"Purveyors of
child pornography fuel the appalling international exploitation of
innocent children," said Brian Moskowitz, special agent in charge of
ICE's Office of Investigations in |
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A secondary inspection revealed videos of child pornography. ICE computer forensic agents were immediately notified to continue the investigation. ICE agents discovered several videos depicting child pornography. A cursory examination of media storage discs revealed similar content.
Blakesberg entered
into the Upon inspecting Blakesberg?s laptop, CBP Officers noted it required a password to access. At the request of the CBP Officers, Blakesberg voluntarily typed the password "snoopy" into the laptop, thereby allowing access to its contents. Upon reviewing the laptop, CBP officers found videos depicting child pornography. |
A later preview of
Blakesberg?s laptop by a certified ICE Computer Forensics In addition, Blakesberg was also found to possess numerous rewriteable DVDs (DVDR) in his possession, approximately six (6) of which bore titles indicating the source of the content to be Frostwire, the same apparent source as the child pornographic video referenced above as "Kelly & Amber & Company [PTHCJ.mpg." Law enforcement conducted a preview on one such DVDR bearing the handwritten title ?? and located a second video containing child pornography, this video depicted an underage female having sex with an adult male.
Blakesberg, who
stated he had been vacationing in Southeast Asia since August 3, 2009,
living off his savings, and was returning to his parent's home in
"Our officers
utilized their training and experience in discovering the offending
content of this laptop", stated Donald Conroy, Port Director for CBP at
The offense of possession of child pornography carries a sentence,
upon conviction, of five years up to 20 years imprisonment and a
maximum fine of $250,000. The potential sentence also permits a
court to impose a maximum life-term of supervised release during
which the court may impose a number of special conditions.
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