United States Attorney James T. Jacks
Northern District of Texas

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txn/

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO
FEDERAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE

FORT WORTH, Texas — Patrick Alan Callaway, 53, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge John H. McBryde to a one-count indictment charging receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Callaway faces a maximum statutory sentence of not less than five or more than 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and up to a lifetime of supervised release.

Callaway, a resident of Grapevine, Texas, has been in custody since his arrest on Friday, November 20, 2009, on a federal child pornography charge outlined in a criminal complaint filed the same day. The previous day, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents executed a federal search warrant at Callaway’s residence; he was home at the time. A forensic exam of the computer and related storage media was performed and agents discovered more than 100 video clips of child pornography.

According to plea documents filed in the case, Callaway admitted using the Internet to receive child pornography, admitting that the received the numerous images and videos of child pornography of female children from age 10 to 12, engaged in posing and in sexual acts.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. 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 ICE and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex C. Lewis.

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