FORT WORTH, TX—Todd M. Fowler, 47, of
Arlington, Texas, pleaded guilty this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge
Jeffrey L. Cureton to a federal felony information charging one count of
receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the
Northern District of Texas. Fowler faces a statutory sentence of not less than
five years or more than 20 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, and up to
a lifetime of supervised release. He has been released on conditions, pending
sentencing which is set for November 13, 2012, before U.S. District Judge Terry
R. Means.
According to documents filed in the
case, Fowler used file-sharing software to receive images depicting minors
engaged in sexually explicit conduct. On May 28, 2011, a search warrant was
executed at Fowler’s residence. That same day, Fowler was en route to his home
from a trip to Hong Kong via the San Francisco International Airport. At the
airport, officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized his MacBook
computer that he had used to download child pornography. A forensic examination
of the MacBook revealed Fowler possessed 43 videos and 354 still images of
child pornography on the computer.
This matter was brought as part of
Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the
Department of Justice, to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual
exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal
Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood
marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and
prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue
victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit
www.usdoj.gov/psc For more information about Internet safety education, please
visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab “resources.”
The investigation is being conducted by
the FBI, the Plano Police Department, and U.S. Immigrations and Customs
Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Assistant U.S.
Attorney A. Saleem is in charge of the prosecution.
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3 comments:
Shame on you Todd Fowler. You have children yourself. How could you. YOU are a pervert and should be put away, never to see your children until they are adults and make that decision for themselves. LOCK HIM UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY.
You think you are above the law because you are a man of substance. You have small children your self and you have no right to exploit children. YOU THNK MONEY CAN GET YOU OUT OF THIS...HOW DARE YOU. You are the lowest of the low.
Money may have bought you a little time to avoid prison right away.. but the clock is ticking.. Your are a disgusting pervert who will have allot of "painful time" in prison.
Well deserved I may say.
And shame on your company for allowing you to work there until your shipped away.
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