FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: Lauren Horwood
October 13, 2011	PHONE: (916) 554-2706
www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae	usacae.edcapress@usdoj.gov
Docket #: 2:11-CR-129 KJM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that today United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller sentenced Kenneth Warner Kilburn, 52, of Stockton, to six years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, for receiving and sharing child pornography. Kilburn pleaded guilty to the charge on June 9, 2011.

This case was the product of an extensive investigation by the Sacramento Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. The Sacramento ICAC is a federally and state-funded task force managed by the Sacramento Sheriff's Department with agents from federal, state, and local agencies. The Sacramento ICAC investigates online child exploitation crimes, including child pornography, enticement, and sex trafficking. Assistant United States Attorney Kyle Reardon prosecuted the case.

According to court documents, in January 2008, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received a tip that Kilburn had accessed a "child model" newsgroup on the Internet. Between November 19, 2009 and December 1, 2009, law enforcement identified 381 different files of child pornography that Kilburn was offering to others to download through a file-sharing network. Law enforcement officers searched his residence on January 13, 2010 and found two computers that contained more than 1,000 pictures of child pornography. In fact, forensic evidence from the computers showed that Kilburn had been viewing child pornography just a few hours before the search warrant was executed.

In sentencing Kilburn, Judge Mueller said that the nature and circumstances of the defendant's crime were "very serious" and six years in prison was sufficient to deter "someone in [Kilburn's] shoes who has never before come before the court."

This prosecution is part of the Department of Justice's ongoing Project Safe Childhood initiative which was launched to increase federal prosecutions of sexual predators of children, and to reduce the number of Internet crimes against children including child pornography trafficking. As a part of PSC, the United States Attorney's Office has teamed with state and local agencies and organizations to increase law enforcement presence on the Internet, and to educate the public about safe Internet use, thereby reducing the risk that children might fall prey to online sexual predators. For additional information on the PSC initiative, please go to www.projectsafechildhood.gov or call the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California and ask to speak with the PSC coordinator.

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