United States Attorney James T. Jacks
Northern District of Texas

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txn/

FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS BIG SPRING, TEXAS, MAN
ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES

LUBBOCK, Texas — Fabian Duke Trejo, 25, of Big Spring, Texas, has been charged in a four-count indictment with various federal child pornography offenses, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Trejo is currently in state custody on unrelated charges.

Specifically, Trejo is charged with two counts of transporting an image of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, one count of receiving child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. According to the indictment, during the early morning hours of November 12, 2009, Trejo sent and received images of child pornography over the Internet.

An indictment is an accusation by a federal grand jury and a defendant is entitled to the presumption of innocence unless proven guilty. However, if convicted, the transportation and receipt counts carry a maximum statutory sentence of not less than five or more than 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, per count. The possession count carries a maximum statutory sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. In addition, Trejo could be ordered to serve up to a lifetime of supervised release.

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

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Big Spring Police Department are investigating the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven M. Sucsy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Lubbock, Texas, is in charge of the prosecution.

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