Date: 07-25-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Austin Tennant

Case Number: 5:23-CR-79

Judge: Benda K. Sannes

Court: The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Onondaga County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Syracuse

Defendant's Attorney:

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Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receiving, Distributing and Possessing Child Pornography
Oswego County Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Receiving, Distributing and Possessing Child Pornography

Between September of 2022 and January of 2023, Austin Tennant, age 29, of Phoenix, New York, obtained from the Internet, and directly from child victims, hundreds of videos and thousands of images of child pornography. The evidence further established that Tennant later redistributed that same child pornography to others, including to other children in an effort to induce them to provide him with sexually explicit images and videos of themselves.

In addition to imposing a 15-year term of imprisonment, Chief United States District Judge Benda K. Sannes also sentenced Tennant to serve a 15-year term of supervised upon his release from prison at which time Tennant will also be required to register as a sex offender.

The case was investigated by HSI Syracuse with assistance from the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Adrian LaRochelle and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Tuck prosecuted the case as part of Project Safe Childhood.

Launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, Project Safe Childhood is led by United States Attorney’s offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS). Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 180 months (15 years) in federal prison

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