Johns Island Man Sentenced to Ten Years for Viewing Child Pornography

Evidence presented at the change of plea hearing established that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Charleston, South Carolina initiated an investigation into a Peer to Peer (P2P) internet software user utilizing an internet protocol (IP) address located in Johns Island.

 

In April 2013, undercover ICE-HSI agents were able to determine that the P2P user’s shared folder had listed multiple files with titles indicative of child pornography. Further investigation revealed that Crosby was the internet subscriber and P2P user for the IP address.On June 20, 2013, ICE-HSI agents and the Charleston County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at Crosby’s residence and his computer was seized. During the execution of the search warrant, Crosby was interviewed and convicted in state court in South Carolina in 1990 and 1996 for Committing Lewd Acts on Minors. Those prior convictions increased the penalties faced by Crosby in this child pornography case.

 

The case was investigated by agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) with the assistance of the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Dean H. Secor of the Charleston office prosecuted the case.

 

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorney’s Offices, 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 identify and rescue victims. For more information, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

 

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