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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Child porn conviction leads to prison time for Brookville man
DAYTON — A Brookville man was sentenced Tuesday, Dec. 15, to 27 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography.
Zachary M. Holbrook, 22, appeared before U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Rose. He pleaded guilty Oct. 6 to one count of child pornography possession.
Holbrook was arrested Oct. 22, 2008, after making contact with an undercover officer from the Fairborn Police Department who was posing as a 14-year-old female on Yahoo! Messenger.
Holbrook had made arrangements to pick up the “girl” at the BP station on Dayton-Yellow Springs Road in Fairborn. Instead, Holbrook was met and arrested by the undercover officer, according to Carter M. Stewart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
The day before, Holbrook sent photos of himself, exposed himself using a Web camera, and solicited sex from the undercover officer, Stewart said.
Forensic analysis of Holbrook’s computer revealed about thirty-three (33) videos, twenty-five (25) images, and fifty (50) thumbnail images containing visual depictions of actual children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Some included depictions of sadistic or masochistic conduct or other depictions of violence. Others included children having intercourse with adults or other children, Stewart said.
Rose ordered Holbrook to enroll in a residential sex offender treatment program while serving his prison term and to serve five years of supervised release, a form of parole, after his prison term. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse.
Led by the U.S. Attorneys Offices, 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 identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov/ http://www.projectsafechildhood.gov/ .
Stewart commended the cooperative investigation by officers and agents of the FBI, Fairborn and Brookville police departments, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura Clemmens, who prosecuted the case.
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