PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 63 months to be followed by 5 years of supervised release on his conviction of Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of Minors, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
United States District Court Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence on Brian R. Reddinger, age 37, of Mt. Royal Boulevard, in Shaler Twp., PA.
According to information presented to the court, in the fall of 2016, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) was conducting an online investigation into the internet sharing of child pornography. As part of the investigation, a special agent was able to connect to a device that was sharing material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors and download a suspected child porn file. The investigation led to Brian Reddinger. On Nov. 1, 2016, agents executed a search warrant on Reddinger’s home. Reddinger admitted to searching, downloading, viewing and possessing child porn. He stated that his downloads are highly structured on his computer. He further stated that he downloaded files of individuals as young as 5 years of age. He stated that he searches for child porn once a week using child porn terms and that although he deletes a lot of files, he has "probably a gross number" of child porn. He asked the agents if they could delete or overlook the situation. Three of the items seized from Reddinger contained child porn. In total, there were 2,932 images and 60 videos of child porn on the devices.
Assistant United States Attorney Shanicka L. Kennedy prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
The Department of Homeland Security Investigations conducted the investigation leading to the prosecution of Brian Reddinger.
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 (CEOS), 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
