James T. Jacks
Acting United States Attorney
Northern District of Texas

DALLAS MAN ADMITS PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

Faces 20 Years in Federal Prison

DALLAS — Bryan Munson Ewing, 38, of Dallas, pled guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to an indictment charging one count of production of child pornography, announced acting U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Ewing has been in custody since his arrest in mid-January 2009.

According to the plea documents filed in court, the parties have agreed upon a sentence of not more than 240 months. In addition, Ewing could be ordered to pay a fine of up to $250,000 and serve a lifetime of supervised release. He will be required to register as a sex offender and forfeit the camera and computer equipment he used to commit the offense. He is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Fitzwater on July 10, 2009.

Ewing admitted that in July 2007, he brought a 14-year-old female child to his apartment where he, among other things, took sexually explicit photographs of her. Ewing also admitted that he used a remote control-type device connected to his camera to take photographs of himself and the 14-year-old female child engaged in sexual positions on his bed. Ewing admitted that he knew the girl was 14-years-old.

Ewing is also charged at the state level (Dallas County) with Sexual Assault of a Child.

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

The case is being investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa Miller.

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