FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: Lauren Horwood
January 13, 2012	PHONE: (916) 554-2706
www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae	usacae.edcapress@usdoj.gov
Docket #: 2:11-CR-0242 GEB

            SACRAMENTO, Calif. – United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Brian David Clayworth, 43, of Roseville, pleaded guilty today to possession of child pornography.

            This case is the product of an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Assistant United States Attorney Kyle Reardon prosecuted the case.

            According to the plea agreement, in December 2004, Los Angeles HSI agents received information about a website selling access to child pornography. During that investigation, Clayworth was identified through email and financial records as someone who had purchased child pornography from the website. On April 19, 2007, Sacramento HSI agents interviewed Clayworth at his home and Clayworth admitted to using the Internet to access child pornography websites and to using his credit card to pay for access to those sites.

            A forensic examination of Clayworth’s computers and external hard drive found approximately 7,000 images and 200 videos on the desktop computer, approximately 600 images and 25 videos on a laptop computer, and more than 10,000 images and 400 videos on an external hard drive. Also found were emails documenting subscriptions to child pornography websites, links to newsgroups known to trade child pornography, bookmarked child pornography websites, and keyword searches tied to child pornography.

            Clayworth is scheduled to be sentenced by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. on March 30, 2012. He faces a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and a lifetime period of supervised release. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.

            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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