Rusk
County, Texas Man Sentenced for Child Pornography Violations
Released by the U.S. Attorney's Office - Eastern District of Texas:
TYLER, TX (KLTV) - A 67-year-old
Henderson, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography
violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M.
Bales.
Stephen
Wayne Perritte pleaded guilty on Sep. 2, 2011, to transporting obscene
materials and was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison today by U.S.
District Judge Leonard E. Davis. Perritte was also ordered to pay a
$10,000.00 fine and must register as a sex offender.
According
to court documents, on May 23, 2011, Perritte described sexual acts over the
internet to a person he believed to be a minor.
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 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 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.projectsafechildhood.gov.
This
case was investigated by the U.S. Secret Service and the Longview Police
Department Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and prosecuted by Assistant
U.S. Attorney Christopher T. Tortorice.
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