Description: Bluefield, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing child pron.

On November 17, 2021, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at the Bluefield residence of Christopher Paul Knight, 56, and seized a laptop computer. A forensic review of the computer revealed more than 1,000 image and video files of suspected child pornography. Knight admitted to downloading and possessing the images and videos of child pornography, which included prepubescent minors engaged in sexual intercourse and other sexually explicit conduct.

United States Attorney Will Thompson made the announcement and commended the investigative work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Rada Herrald prosecuted the case.

POSSESSION OF PREPUBESCENT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
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Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 78 months, 20 years supervised release, $100 special assessment.

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