United States Attorney James T. Jacks
Northern District of Texas

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txn/

63-YEAR-OLD FORT WORTH MAN FACES UP TO 10 YEARS
IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

FORT WORTH, Texas — Kenneth S. King, 63, of Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton to one count of possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. King, who remains on bond, faces a maximum statutory sentence of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and up to a lifetime of supervised release. Sentencing is set for November 29, 2010, before U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means.

According to documents filed in the case, on July 8, 2009, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents visited the King residence concerning a lead they had received that a target at that residence had purchased child pornography via the Internet. Agents examined King’s computer and discovered child pornography on it. King admitted that between June 1, 2009, and July 15, 2009, he possessed images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood (PSC), 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), PSC 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 PSC, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov

ICE is investigating the case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex C. Lewis is prosecuting.

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