Charlottesville, VIRGINIA - A Charlottesville man was charged this week with federal child pornography charges, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
Richard Wellbeloved-Stone, 52, was charged via a federal criminal complaint filed this week in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville with one count of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. Wellbeloved-Stone made his initial court appearance in federal court this morning.
The investigation of the case is ongoing and is being conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, the Charlottesville Police Department, the Virginia State Police and the Albemarle County Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Nancy S. Healey and Trial Attorney Leslie Fisher of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section will prosecute the case for the United States.
A criminal complaint is only a charge and not evidence of guilt. The defendant is entitled to a fair trial with the burden on the government to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
