Press Release

Final Two Defendants In U.S. Custody Arrested In Dreamboard Child Sex Exploitation Site Case Sentenced

Monday, July 29, 2013

For Immediate Release

U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana

SHREVEPORT, La. –United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that the last two defendants in U.S. custody arrested so far in the Dreamboard child sex exploitation and child pornography site case were sentenced by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks.

Christopher Blackford, 28, of Charleston, S.C., was sentenced to 265 months in prison with a lifetime of supervised release for participating in a child exploitation operation. According to the evidence presented at the guilty plea, Blackford joined Dreamboard Dec. 29, 2009, and placed 84 online bulletin board posts containing child pornography.

William Davis, 39, of Bristol, N.H., was sentenced to 210 months in prison with a lifetime of supervised release for his part in the Dreamboard child exploitation operation. According to the evidence presented at his guilty plea, during his time on Dreamboard, Davis posted advertisements offering to distribute child pornography to other members of the board.

Blackford and Davis were charged in an indictment unsealed on Aug. 3, 2011. The charges were the result of Operation Delego, an investigation launched in December 2009 that targeted individuals around the world for their participation in Dreamboard. The board was a private, members-only, online bulletin board that was created and operated to promote pedophilia and encourage the sexual abuse of very young children in an environment designed to avoid law enforcement detection.

A total of 72 individuals, including Blackford and Davis, were charged as a result of Operation Delego. To date, 57 of the 72 charged defendants have been arrested in the United States and abroad. Nine of the 57 are in the process of being extradited to the United States. Forty-seven individuals have pleaded guilty, and one was convicted after trial. The 48 individuals who have pleaded guilty or found guilty for their roles in the conspiracy have been sentenced to prison and have received sentences ranging between five years to life in prison. Three defendants have received life sentences, including the one who was convicted at trial. Fifteen of the 72 charged individuals remain at large and are known only by their online identities. Efforts to identify and apprehend these individuals continue. Operation Delego represents the largest prosecution to date in the United States of individuals who have participated in an online bulletin board conceived and operated for the sole purpose of promoting child sexual abuse, disseminating child pornography and evading law enforcement.

“There is a lot of work to be done before most, if not all, online operations like this one can be stopped,” Finley stated. “It took the work of many agencies, both domestic and international, to find and bring these defendants to justice. I want to thank all of the prosecutors and law enforcement agencies who were involved from the beginning and those who have seen this case through until now. We hope to make more arrests in the case and bring to justice all of the individuals who perpetrate such vile schemes that endanger children.”

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. 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 as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Luke Walker of the Western District of Louisiana and Trial Attorney Keith Becker of CEOS. The Criminal Division’s Office of International Affairs provided substantial assistance. The investigation was conducted by ICE-Homeland Security Investigations, the Child Exploitation Section of ICE’s Cyber Crime Center, CEOS, CEOS’s High Technology Investigative Unit and 35 ICE offices in the United States and 11 ICE attaches offices in 13 countries around the world, with assistance provided by numerous local and international law enforcement agencies across the United States and throughout the world.

The investigation was part of Operation Predator, a nationwide ICE initiative to identify, investigate and arrest those who prey on children, including human traffickers, international sex tourists, Internet pornographers and foreign-national predators whose crimes make them deportable.

ICE encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2ICE. This hotline is staffed around the clock by investigators. Tips or other information can also be submitted to ICE online at www.ice.gov/exec/forms/hsi-tips/tips.asp. Tips may be reported anonymously.

The following table lists all Dreamboard defendants, pleas, convictions and sentences:

Defendant	Guilty Plea Sentencing Date	Charges To Which Defendant pleaded Guilty Sentencing Details
Steven Perez, aka PataPata	01/05/12 08/14/12	-Conspiracy to Advertise the Distribution of Child Pornography 235 Months in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Matthew McKee, aka fantom aka fantomg	12/02/11 08/14/12
Robert Sprague, aka Jailbird	01/31/12 08/14/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise LIFE in Prison
Henry Hand, aka dfx	02/15/12 08/14/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 20 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Robert Cuff, aka dd0040, aka slapalot	12/01/11 07/13/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise LIFE in Prison
Edward Oedewaldt, aka twelvish aka Legend	01/19/12 08/01/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise -Possession of Child Pornography 38 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Jerrold Wayne Wright, aka TheShadow	10/17/11 08/01/12	-Conspiracy to Advertise the Distribution of Child Pornography 17 ½ Years in Prison/Five Years Supervised Release
David Lindsay, aka Slipnslide	02/16/12 08/01/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 262 Months in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Jason Simon, aka Templar aka Shuffle	04/12/12 08/02/12	-Conspiracy to Advertise the Distribution of Child Pornography 30 Years in Prison/Five Years Supervised Release
Stephen Fairbanks, aka Zapper aka JMagic	04/12/12 08/02/12	-Conspiracy to Advertise the Distribution of Child Pornography 17 ½ Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Timothy Stone, aka Kitsu	04/12/12 08/02/12	-Conspiracy to Distribute Child Pornography 17 ½ Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Scott Spiegel, aka Zaxx aka Zaxxter	04/13/12 08/02/12	-Conspiracy to Distribute Child Pornography 121 Months in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Scott Lewandowski, aka Prjb aka Koan	04/13/12 08/02/12	-Conspiracy to Distribute Child Pornography 17 ½ Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Desmond Meredith, aka Beast	11/10/11 04/13/12	-Conspiracy to Advertise the Distribution of Child Pornography 15 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Timothy Gentry, aka Johnny_5_is_@alive	02/01/11 05/10/11	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 25 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Larry Ridley, aka Athf	07/14/11 10/26/11	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 20 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Daniel Deschenes, aka Catman	01/12/12 05/04/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 260 Months in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Michael Biggs, aka tommyleejones	02/01/11 05/31/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 14 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Micheal Thompson, aka SamSneed	05/10/11 09/13/11	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 20 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Charles Christian, aka NLN	03/31/11 07/14/11	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 265 Months in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Michael Childs, aka Michy99	03/09/11 06/22/11	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 30 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
William Barton, aka blackbart2010	09/13/11 01/05/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 327 Months in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Christopher James Luke, aka Dank0420	06/29/11 10/02/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 14 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Stephen Clinton Kinney, aka SocratesWasAGeek	06/29/11 10/14/11	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 293 Months in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Gary Schneider, aka Mytink	05/31/11 01/12/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 20 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Richard Chandler, aka almeda	01/15/12 04/05/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 35 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Charles Pyeatte, aka Daddy-O	05/31/11 09/13/11	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 327 Months in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Rush Frank Blankenship, aka 14yrsmax	09/01/11 12/01/11	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 20 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
David Michael Whitten, aka davie	06/29/11 10/05/11	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 35 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Jamil Lamar Mosley, aka clubkidsforever	07/12/11 01/17/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 20 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Anthony Paul Sowders, aka ChanChadwick	07/11/11 01/05/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 27 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Benet Schmidt, aka Brazthumper	12/01/11 04/05/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 37 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Jeffrey J. Rodriguez, aka HowardHughes	10/27/11 01/17/12	-Conspiracy to Advertise the Distribution of Child Pornography 17 ½ Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Jonathan Mayer, aka unclebuck81	11/10/11 07/13/12	-Conspiracy to Advertise the Distribution of Child Pornography 17 ½ Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Randall Dech, aka Rudy	10/17/11 03/23/12	-Conspiracy to Advertise the Distribution of Child Pornography 17 ½ Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Shane Micah Turner, aka korneech08	03/23/12 07/13/12	-Conspiracy to Advertise the Distribution of Child Pornography 17 ½ Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Joseph Matthew Wheeler, aka Wildman	10/27/11 04/12/12	-Conspiracy to Advertise the Distribution of Child Pornography 17 ½ Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Eric Myszke-Francis, aka Samsackk	10/04/11 01/12/12	-Conspiracy to Advertise the Distribution of Child Pornography 17 ½ Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Ivan E. Cerda, aka Mokoloko69	01/05/12 04/05/12	-Conspiracy to Advertise the Distribution of Child Pornography 262 Months in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Milton Perry, aka Camy aka Blondie aka Lorwyn	12/01/11 04/12/12	-Conspiracy to Advertise the Distribution of Child Pornography 20 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
David Ettlinger, aka eel	08/15/12 01/08/13	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 45 Years in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Paul Fry, aka Lofty	01/08/13 5/9/13	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 20 Years in Prison/lifetime Supervised Release
Kevin Casey, aka milkduds, urinalcake	01/16/13 5/9/13	-Conspiracy to Distribute Child Pornography 5 Years in Prison/5 years Supervised Release
Todd Stumpf, aka Winkee	03/02/12 06/11/13	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 20 Years in Prison/5 years Supervised Release
William Jewell, aka VladimirPutin	09/06/12 06/11/13	-Conspiracy to Distribute Child Pornography 20 Years in Prison/lifetime Supervised Release
Christopher Blackford aka biggniche090	04/11/13 07/29/13	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise 265 Months in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
William Davis, aka checkmate, timesink	04/11/13 07/29/13	-Conspiracy to Advertise Child Pornography 210 Months in Prison/Lifetime Supervised Release
Defendant	Trial Conviction Sentencing Date	Guilty on the Following Charges
John Wyss, aka Bones	05/17/12 09/06/12	-Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise -Conspiracy to Advertise Child Pornography -Conspiracy to Distribute Child Pornography LIFE in Prison

Updated May 18, 2017

Topic

Project Safe Childhood

Component

USAO - Louisiana, Western

Final Two Defendants In U.S. Custody Arrested In Dreamboard Child Sex Exploitation Site Case Sentenced

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