Gravette man sentenced in child porn case
Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2008
A Gravette man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville last week to 151 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography by computer, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Bob Balfe.
Randy Forrest, 49, was given the sentence by federal Judge Jimm Larry Hendren.
According to a plea agreement filed in the case, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Fayetteville received a lead from an ICE Office in Seattle, Wash., identifying a suspect who downloaded pornographic images of minors. Investigators traced the material to Forrest.
A federal search warrant for Forrest’s residence was obtained and officers seized computers, external hard drives, other computer hardware and several compact disks.
Forrest was interviewed and told agents that he had been receiving and sharing images of child pornography over the Internet for approximately four years, according to Balfe’s office. All computer-related items were examined by the Fort Smith Police Department, and the analysis revealed more than 1,700 still images and 200 video files of child pornography.
Hendren ordered Forrest to pay a $5,000 fine and serve a term of supervised release for the remainder of his life after his release from prison.
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