United States Attorney James T. Jacks
Northern District of Texas

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2010
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txn/

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, MAN SENTENCED
TO NEARLY SEVEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON, AND FINED $12,500,
FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

FORT WORTH, Texas — William M. Frey, 56, of Grapevine, Texas, who admitted possessing child pornography, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 78 months in federal prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. In addition, Judge McBryde ordered that Frey pay a $12,500 fine. Frey has been in federal custody since he pleaded guilty to the offense in August.

According to documents filed in the case, in June 2009, the Grapevine Police Department received a lead that child pornography was being viewed at a residence in Grapevine. On June 30, 2009, a search warrant was executed at Frey’s residence and he advised officers where child pornography would be located on his external hard drives. Law enforcement examined his computer and related storage media and images and videos of minor children engaged in sexually explicit conduct were discovered.

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 U.S. 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 http://www.projectsafechildhood.gov/

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Grapevine Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex C. Lewis was in charge of the prosecution.

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