Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Joshua Harrison, 35, of Augusta, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 10 years in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possessing child pornography. Harrison pleaded guilty on Dec. 15, 2016.
According to court records, in August 2015, law enforcement agents learned that child pornography had been located in the defendant’s email account. A search warrant was executed at the defendant’s Augusta residence and agents seized his laptop computer. Agents also seized a second computer belonging to the defendant from a local pawn shop. Forensic examination of these devices revealed multiple images of child pornography. During the search of his residence, the defendant also admitted that he obtained child pornography by email and a messaging application and that he met people in online chat rooms to obtain child pornography.
The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit, and the Augusta Police Department.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
