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Date: 02-24-2021
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Judge: R. Leon Jordan
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Knox County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
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Description: Knoxville, Tennessee child porn distribution charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Timothy Wayne Turben, 40, of LaFollette, Tennessee, who was charged with knowingly distributing child pornography in interstate commerce.
The investigation began after a social media company notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that the defendant’s social media account was utilized to send child pornography to others through the internet. In October 2018, the FBI executed a federal search warrant and seized computer devices containing 75 digital videos and over 1000 images of child pornography from Turben’s residence. Turben confessed that he had sent child pornography to others with his social media account.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew T. Morris represented the United States in court.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 97 months' in prison. He was also ordered to be under supervised release for five years and to register as a sex offender.
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