An Anchorage guy charged with infant pornography offenses remaining yr has received a seven-12 months federal jail time period.
U.S. Attorney for Alaska Bryan Schroder’s office says Michael John Collier, 32 changed into sentenced Thursday by means of Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess. Collier had pleaded responsible in February to 1 remember of sexual exploitation of a toddler thru distribution of baby pornography.
The investigation that brought about Collier started in February 2018, while Anchorage police were given a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that someone the use of the display screen name “TorPedo” had an Alaska IP address and changed into exchanging images of infant sexual exploitation on social media. The IP address caused Collier, and a search warrant served by means of APD recovered gadgets that had thousands of images and movies showing children being sexually exploited.
According to an assertion from Schroder’s workplace, Collier informed regulation enforcement that “TorPedo” become one among his person names and that it stood for “Tor” (the anonymizer software for Internet users) and “Pedo” (quick for pedophile). Collier also advised law enforcement his pornography series covered photographs of kids among 11 and thirteen years vintage and toddlers.
In addition, Collier additionally admitted he had started out to follow young girls on social media and had commenced exposing himself to youngsters, both in individual and online. Law enforcement said Collier talked about how to look at a guide on the way to take advantage of kids without getting caught.
The case was investigated by means of the Anchorage Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a part of Project Safe Childhood commenced by using the Department of Justice to combat the epidemic of infant sexual exploitation and abuse. The Project Safe Childhood website offers links to help and sources for sufferers and survivors of child sexual abuse.
