WHITE HAVEN MAN SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS
IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

Martin C. Carlson, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a 48-year-old White Haven resident was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Monday by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie for receiving child pornography during 2007 and 2008.

Carlson stated that John New previously admitted to downloading from his computer sexually explicit images of minors.

New was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 10, 2008, as a result of an investigation conducted by the Scranton and Oklahoma offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Scranton Police. New pleaded guilty to the offense in February 2009.

Judge Vanaskie also ordered that New be placed on supervised release for life after serving his prison sentence. New must also pay a $100 special assessment.

Carlson noted that 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.

Carlson noted that the case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa.

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