Federal Judge Sentences South Beloit Man to 14 Years in Prison on Child Pornography Charges

ROCKFORD — A South Beloit, Ill., man was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison for possessing and transporting child pornography.

DAVID WITTWER, 52, pleaded guilty earlier this year to possessing a computer and cell phone containing more than 600 images and videos of child pornography, including images of prepubescent minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Wittwer also posted images of child pornography to a website.

U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston imposed the sentence and ordered that it be followed by 15 years of court-supervised release.

The sentence was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and R. Sean Fitzgerald, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of Homeland Security Investigations.  The South Beloit Police Department and the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office provided valuable assistance.  The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael D. Love.