Activity in the United States Attorney's Office

Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced WAYNE EMERSON NIXON, 42, of Pinedale, Wyoming on July 7, 2020 for distribution of child pornography.  Nixon was arrested in Pinedale, Wyoming.  He received sixty months of imprisonment, to be followed by eighty-four months of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100.00 fine, restitution in the amount of $5,000.00.  The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation investigated this case.

This case is part of Project Safe Childhood (PSC), a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation an abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.  Led by the 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 via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. 

Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced IVAN ARMANDO GARCIA, 23, of Los Angeles, California on July 1, 2020 for possession with intent to distribute heroin.  Garcia was arrested in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.  He received one hundred twenty months of imprisonment, to be followed by sixty months of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $300.00.  The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office and the DEA investigated this case.