CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Robert J.
Conrad, Jr. sentenced Jose Antonio Hendricks, 60, of Charlotte, to 198 months
in prison on child pornography charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney
for the Western District of North Carolina.
In addition to the prison term imposed, Judge Conrad ordered Hendricks
to serve 20 years under court supervision, and to register as sex offender upon
his release from custody. A federal jury convicted Hendricks on February 21,
2018, of possession, receipt and transportation of child pornography. He has been in custody since February 2018.
John A. Strong, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Charlotte Division joins U.S. Attorney Murray in
making today’s announcement.
According filed court documents, trial evidence and witness
testimony, on October 14, 2014, law enforcement determined that Hendricks was
using a peer-to-peer network to distribute and to view child pornography
online. Trial evidence established that
between October 2014 and February 2015, law enforcement connected to Hendricks’
IP address approximately 70 times.
During a vast majority of these sessions, law enforcement were able to
confirm that Hendricks was sharing either child pornography or child
erotica. According to evidence presented
at trial, on March 12, 2015, a search of Hendricks’ home resulted in the
seizure of a tablet and the tablet’s SD card.
A forensic examination of the items revealed that they contained
numerous images of child pornography.
There was also evidence that Hendricks was accessing numerous child
pornography websites that include sadistic or masochistic images of children
being sexually abused.
In making today’s announcement, U.S. Attorney Murray
commended the work of the FBI’s Crimes Against Children Squad, which
investigated the case. Assistant U.S.
Attorneys Cortney Randall and William Stetzer, of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in
Charlotte, prosecuted the case.
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