U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
North Dakota Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Production Of Child Pornography
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota
Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the sentencing of JUSTIN EDWARD WYLIE, 28, to 15 years in federal prison for production of child pornography. WYLIE was indicted on May 17, 2016, and pleaded guilty on November 14, 2016, to one count of production of child pornography. The defendant was sentenced on August 25, 2017, before Senior Judge Paul A. Magnuson in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn.
According to the defendant’s guilty plea and documents filed in court, through online contact, WYLIE coerced three minor victims to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography. The defendant came to law enforcement's attention when law enforcement officers downloaded thirteen child pornography files from WYLIE’S IP address over the peer-to-peer file sharing network BitTorrent. On March 14, 2014, upon execution of a search warrant of WYLIE’S home and electronic devices, law enforcement recovered more than 7,000 suspected child pornography images and 102 suspected child pornography videos.
This case resulted from an investigation conducted by the FBI and the Breckenridge Police Department, and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Melinda A. Williams.
This case is 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 the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, PSC marshals resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children while identifying and rescuing victims. For more information about PSC, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc/ For more information about internet safety education, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc/resources.html and click on the tab “resources.”
Defendant Information:
JUSTIN EDWARD WYLIE, 28
Wahpeton, N.D.
Convicted:
- Production of child pornography, 1 count
Sentenced:
Updated August 31, 2017
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Project Safe Childhood
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