LOUISVILLE, KY – A Jefferson County, Kentucky man was sentenced to 78 months in prison followed by a lifetime term of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles R. Simpson, III on November 4, 2011 after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.

According to the plea agreement, Jeremiah Oldham, age 28, acknowledges from September 23, 2009, and continuing through November 24, 2009, he knowingly possessed images and videos depicting child pornography. In court records Oldham acknowledged to investigators that the images of child pornography located on his computer belonged solely to him and further explained that he used the peer-to-peer file-sharing program “Limewire” to download the child pornography. A forensic examination of Oldham’s computer and external hard-drive revealed numerous images and videos of child pornography that Oldham had organized and cataloged by defining characteristics.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney A. Spencer McKiness and was investigated by the Kentucky Attorney General’s Cybercrimes Unit through Kentucky’s Internet Crimes Against Children “ICAC” task force.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorney’s Offices, 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 identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov/.

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