PITTSBURGH - A resident of Crescent, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to imprisonment for a term of 12 months and one day followed by 12 years of Supervised Release on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor and further must register as a convicted sex offender, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer imposed the sentence on Mark A. Chasey, 50, Crescent, Pa.
According to information presented to the court, Chasey knowingly possessed videos and images in computer graphic files, the production of which involved the use of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, some of whom had not yet attained 12 years of age.
Assistant United States Attorney Shaun E. Sweeney prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
U.S. Attorney Hickton commended the Homeland Security Investigations for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Chasey.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
