The United States Attorney's Office today announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
Appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynch in Missoula on January 8, 2014, and entering pleas of Not Guilty were:
* JEFFREY NOENNIG, a 48 year-old resident of San Diego, California appeared on charges of child exploitation enterprise and conspiracy to advertise child pornography. If convicted, NOENNIG faces possible penalties of life in prison. The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Montana Division of Criminal Investigations, Polson Police Department and Helena Police Department.
* JOSHUA PETERSON, a 45 year-old resident of Prescott, Arizona appeared on charges of child exploitation enterprise and conspiracy to advertise child pornography. If convicted, PETERSON faces possible penalties of life in prison. The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Montana Division of Criminal Investigations, Polson Police Department and Helena Police Department.
Appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ostby in Billings on January 9, 2014, and entering pleas of Not Guilty were:
* JAMES M. CRITTENDEN, a 49-year-old resident of Billings appeared on charges of bank fraud, wire fraud, bankruptcy fraud and mail fraud. If convicted, CRITTENDEN faces possible penalties of 30 years in prison. The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Billings Police Department.
The indictment is merely a formal charging document. It is not proof of guilt and all persons indicted are presumed to be innocent of any crime until proof of guilt is established by trial or guilty plea.
The U.S. Attorney's Office is currently transitioning its media program to new media contacts. Resources and this transition may affect the amount of information the office can process and disclose in a timely manner. Therefore, if any of the above cases are of interest to your media organization and the community it serves, we encourage you to monitor the progress of the case regularly through the U.S. District Court calendar and the PACER system so that you stay current and not miss any important developments in the case.
To establish a PACER account, which will allow you to review documents filed in the case, please go to, http://www.pacer.gov/register.html.
To access the district court's calendar, please go to https://ecf.mtd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/PublicCalendar.pl.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
