Mercer County man sentenced for possessing child pornography

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – A 31-year old Mercer County man received eight years and one month in federal prison, after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography,  U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Lindsey Dale Bowling, of Princeton, West Virginia was sentenced before Senior United States District Court Judge David A. Faber in Bluefield.  After Bowling is released from prison, he will be on supervised release for 20 years.

Bowling admitted that on November 21, 2013, he possessed images and videos of prepubescent minors engaged in sexual acts. The images were on his personal computer located at his residence in Princeton, West Virginia.  The investigation further revealed that defendant was using a peer-to-peer file sharing program to download child pornography and that he transferred some of the child pornography images and videos to discs. 

The West Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department conducted the investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston is in charge of the prosecution.

This case is being brought as part of U.S. Attorney Goodwin’s ongoing initiative to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse in the Southern District of West Virginia.

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