BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that John K. Carrillo, 35, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution to the victims in the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who handled the case, stated that on Nov. 11, 2014, the defendant possessed images and videos of child pornography which were stored on a laptop computer. Carrillo obtained the images and videos over the internet.
At the time, an undercover FBI agent logged onto a peer-to-peer sharing program downloaded 69 images and seven videos of child pornography directly from a username belonging to the defendant. At the time of this download, the defendant possessed the images and videos of child pornography on his laptop computer which was located in his residence in Williamsville, New York.
On Feb. 27, 2015, while Carrillo was then living in Lake Charles, Louisiana, he was found to again be utilizing a peer-to-peer network to distribute child pornography. Some of the images and videos depicted violence involving minors less than 12 years old.
The sentencing is the culmination of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge, Adam S. Cohen.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
