United States Attorney James T. Jacks
Northern District of Texas

FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2010
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txn/

GARLAND, TEXAS, MAN SENTENCED TO 51 MONTHS
FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

DALLAS — Malcolm Edwin White, 64, of Garland, Texas, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 51 months for possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. In addition, Judge Fitzwater ordered that White, who is in federal custody, serve a lifetime of supervised release. White was remanded into custody in April 2010 after violating the conditions of his pretrial release.

According to plea documents filed, as part of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s (USPIS) “Operation Falcon,” in January 2007, Europol sent the USPIS a list of 1400 distinct email addresses that were believed to be U.S. citizens who had visited the website, “youngvideomodels.net.” This website contained images of prepubescent females that could be accessed for a fee. White was identified as one of these visitors and according to emails between the site and White, White downloaded 27 videos containing child pornography.

Based on that information, on November 13, 2008, a federal search warrant was executed by U.S. Postal Inspectors at White’s home. More than 50 videos and more than 900 still images of child pornography were discovered on White’s hard drive, external hard drive and on one thumb drive.

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 was investigated by the USPIS and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Camille Sparks.

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