The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction
The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction
The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction
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U.S. v. MerzDOJ, Office of Public Affairs press release: Philadelphia Man Sentenced to Life in Prison<strong>for</strong> Advertising, Transporting, Receiving <strong>and</strong> Possessing <strong>Child</strong> Pornography, September 9,2009, http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/September/09-crm-941.htmlThrough Operation Joint Hammer, the FBI <strong>and</strong> U.S. Postal Inspection Service identified anonline group named “my Kingdom,” dedicated to trading images <strong>and</strong> videos depicting the sexualabuse of minors, <strong>and</strong> providing members a <strong>for</strong>um in which to discuss their sexual interest inchildren. Robert P. Merz, a 45-year old Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resident, created <strong>and</strong>controlled the password-protected bulletin board, personally selecting members from around theworld. A search of Merz residence yielded numerous computers, DVDs, <strong>and</strong> CDs that containedhundreds of thous<strong>and</strong>s child pornography images <strong>and</strong> videos depicting victims as young astoddlers, some involved in violent sexual acts. Merz has two previous convictions inPennsylvania <strong>for</strong> molesting young girls.U.S. v. PhillipsICE press release: Louisville man sentenced to 8 years in prison <strong>for</strong> possessing childpornography, July 28, 2008, http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0807/080728louisville.htmA 43-year-old Louisville, Kentucky, resident, Danny Lee Phillips, was sentenced to 8 years <strong>and</strong>1 month in federal prison <strong>for</strong> receiving <strong>and</strong> possessing child pornography.When asked if he possessed any images or videos depicting child pornography, Phillipsresponded, "Yes, saved in 'My Pictures' folder." Phillips further stated that he never created hisown child pornographic images. He claimed to have acquired all his child pornography bypaying <strong>for</strong> access to web sites or by trading with others using Yahoo Messenger, specificallyimages of 12- to 15-year-old girls displaying their genitalia.Phillips told the agents conducting the search that they would find several CDs containing childpornographic pictures in his bedroom closet. However, a search of Phillips's bedroom closetrevealed numerous recordable CDs. Agents also discovered about two dozen girls' panties <strong>and</strong>various sexual lubricants next to the CDs.U.S. v. ReardenU.S. v. Rearden, 349 F.3d 608, 611-612 (9th Cir. 2003),http://openjurist.org/349/f3d/608/united-states-v-reardenIn one case, a man posted an advertisement <strong>for</strong> “snuff films of little children” as well as amessage in a chat room inquiring whether interested parties wanted to “rap[e] <strong>and</strong> ravag[e]” his8-year-old, 14-year-old, <strong>and</strong> 16-year-old nieces. <strong>The</strong> defendant in the case responded <strong>and</strong> soonencouraged the man to come visit him so that they “could ‘hunt’ children together.”B-5
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