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Date: 01-26-2023
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United States of America v. Martin Perea
Case Number: 1:15-cr-03052
Judge: William P. Johnson
Court: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Albuquerque
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of production of a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
On July 1, 2015, the victim’s mother discovered pornographic content of the eight-year-old victim on a memory card from Perea’s cellular telephone. The victim’s mother confronted Martin Perea, age 42, from Los Lunas, who apologized and blamed the victim’s mother for his conduct. Then, Perea threatened to burn the victim’s mother and her house down. The victim and her mother fled to Spokane, Washington where they contacted the Spokane Police Department.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation later recovered numerous video files of child pornography on the memory card.
In his plea agreement, Perea admitted that from Oct. 8, 2014, to March 2015, he knowingly used the victim to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography. Perea acknowledged that the victim was seven and eight years old at the time Perea committed the crimes.
Upon his release from prison, Martin will be subject to 25 years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender.
18:2251(a),(e), and 2256: Production of a Visual Depiction of a Minor Engaging in Sexually Explicit Conduct
(1)
18:2251(a),(e), and 2256: Production of a Visual Depiction of a Minor Engaging in Sexually Explicit Conduct
(9)
Outcome: SENTENCE IMPOSED: CBOP: 300 months as to Counts 1 and 9; said terms shall run concurrently for a total of 300 months; SUPERVISED RELEASE: 25 years as to Counts 1 and 9; said terms shall run concurrently for a total of 25 years with Special Conditions; RESTITUTION: The Court will keep open for 90 days; SPA: $200.00; Defendant remanded into custody
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