DAVENPORT, IA—On June 29, 2012, Travis
John Claude, age 23, of DeWitt, Iowa, was sentenced to 120 months of
imprisonment for one count of receiving and distributing child pornography,
announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. United States Chief
District Judge James E. Gritzner also ordered Claude to serve a term of
supervised release of 10 years following his incarceration and pay an
assessment of $100 to Crime Victims Fund.
The case began during an online
undercover peer-to-peer investigation. Law enforcement identified an Internet protocol
(IP) address associated with the file sharing of child pornography. Subsequent
investigation showed that this IP address came back to the residence of
Claude’s parents, where he also resided. A search warrant located Claude’s
computer, which was found to contain child pornography. During an interview,
Claude admitted downloading child pornography via the GigaTribe file-sharing
network.
This investigation was conducted by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation;
the DeWitt, Iowa Police Department; and the Iowa Internet Crimes Against
Children (ICAC) Task Force. The case was prosecuted by the United States
Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Iowa.
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