Midland Resident Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Midland, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court on November 13, 2024, to four years of incarceration, to be followed by five years of federal supervised release, for possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

United States District Judge Robert J. Colville imposed the sentence on James Davis, 58, also ordering Davis to pay mandatory special assessments and restitution to the victims of his crime.

Earlier this year, Davis pleaded guilty in this case to one count of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor on June 11, 2021. In imposing the sentence, Judge Colville emphasized the serious nature of the offense as well as the extreme harm suffered by Davis’s victims.

Assistant United States Attorney Nicole A. Stockey prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

United States Attorney Olshan commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the investigation that led to the successful prosecution of Davis.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, 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 United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.