The Justice Department issued the following statement.
A Brandon man was sentenced to 195 months in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for attempted production of child pornography and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Michael E. Patton, 36, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Jackson. In addition to his term of imprisonment, Patton was ordered to pay $30,000 in court assessments. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.
According to court records, on June 29, 2021, agents with the Jackson FBI received information that Michael E. Patton was producing images of child pornography in Brandon, Mississippi. On March 4, 2022, FBI agents arrested Patton and found several images of child pornography on his cellular telephone. Patton had actively been uploading and sharing images of child pornography via the internet to receive more images. Patton was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 22, 2022. He pled guilty on March 13, 2023, to attempted production of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case. Assistant United States Attorney Glenda R. Haynes prosecuted the case.
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 via the Internet as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.
7 comments:
Why didn't Lynn help with this case?
I don't recall her having closed any pedo cases started since she took office. Everything I recall has been leftover Hood indictments. The Feds only took a year to investigate and prosecute this case.
didn't that guy used to be some type of cop?
Another sicko behind bars....Our society is safer.
There goes Biden’s DOJ on yet another witch hunt, right?
I will never understand what screws must be loose to induce this, but I am glad he is not free among us for now.
What is this Project Safe Childhood you may ask?
It’s the federal government setting up CSAM groups and websites.
Yep, your tax dollars are being spent to create honeypot groups and sites.
Yes, they will catch some of the really stupid low-hanging fruit like this guy.
They will trot them out and issue a press release that is eaten up by the likes of Kingfish and Darkhorse press.
But should the FBI, who possesses the worlds largest CSAM database, use it this way?
Shouldn’t they actually target groups that the agency didn’t already create themselves?
The truth is they won’t, or don’t know how.
The really sophisticated groups are run by individuals who know how to hide their activities.
It’s not bad that this guy is going to prison.
But they aren’t even scratching the surface.
And just remember that federal agents are out there on social media creating some level of demand that did not already exist.
This guy was hooked by late night porn and reeled in by the FBI who pretends they are wanting pictures of teens.
When they receive pictures that they asked for, they make the arrest. “ enticement”? Why do they say child porn
instead of teen porn. Have you seen these teens and what they wear these days. They look 22 and over. He did do
wrong but it doesn’t mention if he touched or had sex with teens and posted online. Some of these headlines make
people look worse than what they did 🤪
How many other people out they look at teen and other porn and these young girls walking around with their butts
hanging out. Maybe you should be in jail too. Millions do but don’t get caught. You know. Don’t fool yourself. Don’t
judge unless you be judged.
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