| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 19, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV/USAO/CAN |
OAKLAND – United States Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello announced that Carlos D. Araiza, of Pacifica, California, was sentenced in United States District Court yesterday to 60 months imprisonment for receiving child pornography. Until his April 3, 2008, arrest on federal child pornography charges, Mr. Araiza had been a teacher at Terra Nova High School in Pacifica since 2000.
Mr. Araiza was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 2, 2008, on one count of receiving child pornography in or about January 2005, and one count of possessing child pornography in or about March 2005. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Mr. Araiza pleaded guilty to the receipt of child pornography charge on June 19, 2008. Chief Judge Vaughn Walker sentenced Mr. Araiza to 60 months; the mandatory minimum sentence under the statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2).
This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, with substantial assistance from the Pacifica Police Department and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division.
Andrew S. Huang is the Assistant U.S. Attorney who is prosecuting the case with the assistance of Lead Legal Assistant Cynthia Daniel.
Further Information:
Case #: CR08-0214-VRW
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