FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: Lauren Horwood
March 25, 2011	PHONE: (916) 554-2706
www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae	usacae.edcapress@usdoj.gov
Docket #: 2:08-cr-508-EJG

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that Charles Douglas Johnson, 47, of Garden Valley in El Dorado County, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Edward Garcia to10 years and one month in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, for receiving child pornography. Johnson pleaded guilty on September 21, 2010.

According to court documents, images of child pornography were found on Johnson's work laptop computer after he was terminated for allegedly stealing trade secrets. The computer was returned to the company on July 27, 2007, and the company sent it to a private forensic lab to see if any company trade secrets had been stored improperly on the computer. During this analysis, the forensic analyst found evidence of child pornography. A forensic review revealed 2,100 images of child pornography that had been downloaded onto the computer between September 27, 2005 and June 18, 2007. In addition, 80 videos of child pornography were recovered.

This case is the result of a joint investigation by the Folsom Police Department, El Dorado County Sheriff's Department, the FBI's Cyber Crime Task Force and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) High Technology Investigative Unit. Assistant United States Attorney Michelle Prince and CEOS Trial Attorney Keith Becker of the Justice Department's Criminal Division prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood (PSC), a nationwide initiative by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, PSC mobilizes federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information, visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov or call the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California and ask to speak with the PSC coordinator.

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