Rochester Man Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography

ROCHESTER—U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey Duncan, 31, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced to five years in prison and 25 years’ supervised release for possession of child pornography by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.

Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field, who handled the case, stated that the defendant used his computer to obtain and view hundreds of images of child pornography over the Internet. The images included depictions of minors being subjected to violence.

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.

The plea is the result of investigative efforts by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Christopher M. Piehota.