United States Attorney Richard B. Roper
Northern District of Texas

DALLAS RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE

DALLAS — Jeffrey Davis pled guilty today in federal court in Dallas to possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Richard B. Roper, of the Northern District of Texas. Davis 51, was arrested in August 2007 on charges outlined in a federal criminal complaint and has been in custody since that time. He faces a maximum statutory sentence of not less than 10 years in prison nor more than 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. As part of his plea agreement with the government, Davis has agreed to forfeit his residence on Williams Way in Dallas, Texas, as well as several pieces of computer equipment that were used in the commission of his crime. He is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn on February 15, 2007.

According to the factual resume filed in the case, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents executed a search warrant at Davis’s home on August 28, 2007, and seized his computer and external storage media, including 14 floppy disks containing more than 600 images of child pornography. Davis admitted that he had purchased access to a child pornography website using his credit card and that he downloaded images and movie files containing depictions of young girls and boys engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

The factual resume also states that on August 10, 2000, Davis was convicted of possession of child pornography in the Northern District of Texas, in case number 3:00-CR-110, and sentenced to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release.

This case is being brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in February 2006 that is designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorneys 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/.

U.S. Attorney Roper commended the investigative efforts of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Aisha Saleem.

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