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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
July 23, 2009
ON FEDERAL CHILD PORN CHARGES JURY FINDS ATCHISON MAN GUILTY ON FEDERAL CHILD PORN CHARGES
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – Casey Frakes, 31, Atchison has been convicted on federal charges of possessing and distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch said today.
On Thursday, at the end of a two-day trial, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts on one count of possession of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography. Evidence presented at trial showed that on March 12, 2008, Frakes ran a Limewire program that offered to share images of child pornography over the Internet. He possessed the images, which were stored on the hard drive of a computer is the bedroom of this home in Atchison.
Sentencing is set for Oct. 19, 2009. He faces a penalty of not less than 5 years and not more than 20 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the distribution charge, and a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the possession charge.
Welch commended the Independence, Mo., Police Department, the Atchison, Kan., Police Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Martin for their work on the case. This case is being brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative by the U.S. Department of Justice designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. For more information, see www.projectsafechildhood.gov .
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