Madrid Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charges
DES MOINES, Ia - On April 15, 2009, William Ralph Dodd, age 57, of Madrid, Iowa, was sentenced to a term of 151 months imprisonment for receipt and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Matthew G. Whitaker. United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner also ordered Dodd to serve a ten year term of supervised release upon his release from prison and pay a crime victim fund assessment of $200.00.
On December 17, 2008, Dodd pled guilty to the receipt and possession of child pornography charges. The case arose out of a search warrant executed on Dodd’s residence on July 18, 2007. As a result of this search warrant, law enforcement officers found images of child pornography stored on Dodd’s computer.
This case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa. This case was investigated by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov .