United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a
Colchester, Connecticut, man convicted of Attempted Receipt of Child
Pornography was sentenced on July 22, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken,
U.S. District Court.
Kevin Carney, age 32, was sentenced to 8 years in federal
prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a
$100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Carney was one of nine men who were arrested and federally
indicted as a result of an undercover sex trafficking operation conducted
during the 2017 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, targeting persons willing to pay to
have sex with underage girls or boys obtained through the Internet. The conviction stemmed from Carney
communicating with someone he believed to be a minor for the purpose of
engaging in sexual acts, and requesting that the minor send pornographic images
to Carney.
The undercover operation and arrests were a joint effort
between the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, the Department of
Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Rapid City Police
Department, and the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Collins
prosecuted the case.
Carney was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S.
Marshals Service.
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